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by tommy123
Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:58 pm
Forum: 1958-1960 Thunderbirds
Topic: 60 window replacement
Replies: 10
Views: 9007

Re: 60 window replacement

Got it out with minimal if any bending of the frame. The heat gun ended up being the key. We would head one edge as we used a putty knife on the other to work the adhesive out...after a few minutes of this we would then continue to heat it now while using a hammer and wood block to tap it...took a w...
by tommy123
Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:06 pm
Forum: 1958-1960 Thunderbirds
Topic: 60 window replacement
Replies: 10
Views: 9007

Re: 60 window replacement

Whoah upon closer inspection my drivers side is not glued in like the other, its got some fuzzy weatherstrip type thing holding it in...so now i wonder if i should glue in the replacement or seek out that weatherstrip to attatch to it like the factory side..
by tommy123
Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:55 am
Forum: 1958-1960 Thunderbirds
Topic: 60 window replacement
Replies: 10
Views: 9007

Re: 60 window replacement

Steve, although the window im working on isnt factory the other side is original and also has the top glued into the rail with just as much goop...im still pretty new at this but it doesn't make sense to me that if i brought it to a shop theyd break the window to get it off would they? Maybe that ju...
by tommy123
Wed Mar 18, 2015 11:50 am
Forum: 1958-1960 Thunderbirds
Topic: 60 window replacement
Replies: 10
Views: 9007

Re: 60 window replacement

Bump+ update, tried a couple chemicals like isopropyl to see if it would break down the adhesive. No effect. Using a heat gun to try to melt it only added more cracks to the glass, did not seem to effect the adhesive at all. Am I missing some obvious solution? This seems like something that should b...
by tommy123
Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:18 pm
Forum: 1958-1960 Thunderbirds
Topic: 60 window replacement
Replies: 10
Views: 9007

60 window replacement

Hey all, ive got my front passenger window glass (60 hardtop) sitting on my desk and i cannot get the piece of metal off the top. I think its called the glass channel. Its got some kind of epoxy adhesive holding it in. The only thing ive found online was one guy using a rubber mallet and a block of ...