C1 (1960) Door Glass Install

[Donald H.]

I go new glass and am trying to install in the fames. I have two styles of glass tape:

One from Corvette Central which looks to have some sort of cording imbedded inside the neoprene on one side and some sort of fabric on the other side.

One from Zip that is much softer and all neoprene.

So I tried the CC stuff first. I put it around the edge of the glass and use soapy water on the other side then get it started into the frame channel. But for the life of me, I can't get it all the way into the channel. I am using large plastic faced wood clamps to try and force the glass down into the channel but even with the leverage of these clamps it doesn't want to go into the channel.

I check the glass thickness and it is the same as the one that I took out that seems be be original, or at lease is date coded correctly.

When I used this same technique with the Zip tape, the glass simply tore through the Zip tape when it got to the frame, so it is destroyed.

I'm done research and I though that was the recommended technique.

Anyone got any better suggestions? I don't want to break the glass

Thanks,

Don

[Roger W.]

Re: C1 (1960) Door Glass Install

Check for previous posts on this subject. There was a good one less than a year ago. I think the trick was to put the tape into the channel first.

[Joe M.]

Re: C1 (1960) Door Glass Install

Donald, I believe that is the secret, fold the tape, push it into the window channel, then insert the wetted glass. That is the same installation procedure that The Hard Top Shop recommended for the 1/4 windows.

[Donald H.]

Re: C1 (1960) Door Glass Install

I'll try the tape in the frame first.

Thanks,