Seafoam65 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I am swapping out the right side front drip rail molding on my 65 Riviera for a nice piece without a dentin it, and I was able to mostly roll the old one off till I got to the front of the molding, when I discovered that it was tucked behind the A-pillar molding and that the A-pillar molding must be removed first. Can someone who has done this on oneof these cars tell me what all is holding the A-pillar molding on? I can see that it appears to be tucked behind the roof railweatherstrip molding so I assume that must be removed completely? Does the pillar molding have the conventionalclips holding it on over the windshield like an A-body GM hardtop? This molding looks similar to the molding on my 69 GTO convertible which doesn't have any clips under it where it goes over the windshield glass. Can I remove the A-pillar molding without disturbing the fender molding that it butts into on the bottom end? Thanks in advance for your help.:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 There are a couple of small screws that attach it to the A pillar. Now for the good news. Those screws are under the stainless to which the window seal attaches. You'll have to disassemble everything to remove the screws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slosteve Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 YIKES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) There are a couple of small screws that attach it to the A pillar. Now for the good news. Those screws are under the stainless to which the window seal attaches. You'll have to disassemble everything to remove the screws. Ed, I assume you mean that once the weatherstrip molding is removed, I can remove the two screws and removethe pillar molding? It looks to me like the weatherstrip molding is a two piece affair that has a separate piece in the front of the vent window. Surely it is not that time consuming to remove that short piece of trim to get to the screws? What do youmean by EVERYTHING? It's hard to imagine that they would make it take a long time to swap out the windshield. One question I have is am I going to be able to get the weatherstrip out of the channel without tearing it up? It looks to be in nice shape although it is 50 years old.This car still has it's original windshield so none of this stuff hasever been removed before. Edited October 30, 2014 by Seafoam65 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Sorry, it looks like a two piece molding but it is one piece, just a notch for the bend. You can loosen a few screws on the top toward the front and get it out of your way. What you have to hope for is that the window seal hasn't been glued to the molding. I don't have a car here at the house to look at but look to see if the windshield can't be removed without removing the A pillar trim. By everything I just meant that it's just not a wham bam thank you ma'am job. It's going to take more effort than you had planned.Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinRiviDad Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Can u use some pix? I just took my stainless A pillar trim off a while ago. I didn't take pix but I can hold stuff in place & snap a few if it helps. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Can u use some pix? I just took my stainless A pillar trim off a while ago. I didn't take pix but I can hold stuff in place & snap a few if it helps. David David, I think that I get the picture......I suspect that the weatherstrip will have a lot of glue on it and being50 years old will tear when I pull it off. I think I'll order new roof rail weatherstrip and wait till it comes in to finish thejob. I was shocked to discover that the windshield pillar molding was in the way of removing and installing the roof rail molding. A wham bam job turned out to be a pain in the arse that I wasn't expecting. I can't understand why they didn't make the weatherstrip molding a two piece affair, it would have been much more logical to do. Also, if it is all onepiece, what is the purpose of the triangular trim splice in the upper front corner of the weatherstrip molding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinRiviDad Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The weather strip molding is NOT one piece. The splice trim in the upper front corner receives both the A pillar & upper horizontal weatherstrip moldings.I know u didn't want pix but I hope this clears up any confusion. The upper horizontal weatherstrip molding & splice is still in place. Excuse the mess, I only removed a few molding & haven't cleaned them up yet.In the first pic I am holding the A pillar weatherstrip molding. It is screwed in with four screws which obviously also go thru the A pillar molding. The uppermost screw holds all three trim pieces (upper corner trim splice, weatherstrip molding & A pillar molding). Once the weatherstrip molding is removed the A pillar molding has two tiny screws holding it in place.Both of my A pillar moldings were filled with what looks like seam sealer. Not sure if I will repeat that step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) The weather strip molding is NOT one piece. The splice trim in the upper front corner receives both the A pillar & upper horizontal weatherstrip moldings.I know u didn't want pix but I hope this clears up any confusion. The upper horizontal weatherstrip molding & splice is still in place. Excuse the mess, I only removed a few molding & haven't cleaned them up yet.In the first pic I am holding the A pillar weatherstrip molding. It is screwed in with four screws which obviously also go thru the A pillar molding. The uppermost screw holds all three trim pieces (upper corner trim splice, weatherstrip molding & A pillar molding). Once the weatherstrip molding is removed the A pillar molding has two tiny screws holding it in place.Both of my A pillar moldings were filled with what looks like seam sealer. Not sure if I will repeat that step. Thanks, David.......the two piece molding makes sense. Great pics! David if I were you i would put back the seam sealer.....it is there to keep water from running behind the molding and creating a constant pocket of water at the bottom that will cause an eventual rust out situation. Of course if you never intend forthe car to ever get wet like I do with mine, I guess it wouldn't matter. Edited October 31, 2014 by Seafoam65 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Here is another windshield replacement shot that may help: Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Here is another windshield replacement shot that may help:[ATTACH=CONFIG]278607[/ATTACH] Bernie Bernie, at some point in the future I am going to probably replace my windshield.......how do you remove the trim from therear of the fenders as I assume you must have to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 The stainless that runs cross the lower windshield and behind the cowl filler panel has tabs that attach it to the cowl. Remove the wipers and bezels, then the cowl filler panel screws, and slide the filler panel froward. The stainless does not attach to the fenders or filler panel.Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 thanks Bernie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) thanks Bernie! Update.......After removing the pillar molding, the new drip rail molding went right on and looksbeautiful.Tthose of you doing the drip moldings be sure to grease the drip rails on sides and bottom before puttingthe drip rail molding on.....it makes the job a lot easier. Now that my car has new door edge guards and a new right drip rail molding, all the exterior trim is perfect now. The most surprising thing is that the roof rail weatherstrip wasn't glued in and never had been. I was able to remove it and reinstall it with no problem. It isstill soft and supple although it is fifty years old. Thanks to all who helped out with pictures and advice! Edited November 5, 2014 by Seafoam65 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinRiviDad Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 CongratsDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I finally got back to the shop where all of the stuff that I took off the car is stored and found my moldings. Here are some pictures of them the way they came off the car. They separate pieces but I left them as one because I didn't want to break the crimp that holds the two pieces together. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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