60 Corvette windshield

[Ovalrace25]

1960 Corvette windshield replacement

Has anyone replaced their windshield?

I need a little instruction here.. It looks like the removal of the frame is the way to go.

Any thoughts on this? NO I don?t have the shop manual.. Yes, I will get one,, But I want to get the glass in now? I have done LOTS of windshield installs in 50?s and 60?s cars,, But this is the first Corvette.

Send me an email at funcars4us@hotmail.com

[Ovalrace25]

Well, I did not get any help from anyone so I did it myself. Actually it is pretty easy. Since the entire windshield frame unbolts from the car, you can take it off and put it on the work bench to do it. No crawling around inside the car and no string/rope needed to pull the rubber over the pinch weld.. The rear uprights have two studs into the body and these are the most important and ?hardest? to reach, but no big deal. The rest of the studs can be seen under the instrument panel. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Be VERY careful when removing the complete unit, as the uprights are cast material and have two 10/32 screws on each ear fastened to the lower setting channel. These need to be removed then the upper bar and uprights can come off the old glass. The lower setting channel is next.

I put my new rubber onto my new glass and after cleaning up the frame pieces and painting the lower steel setting channel with POR-15 I lubed up the rubber and channel and slid it all back together. Then put the attaching screws back through the uprights into the setting channel and it was ready to go back on the Corvette.

A word of advice, semi-tighten the four studs at the base of the uprights first. You do not want to pull the lower setting channel off the bottom of the glass at this point! So use some care and be sure you have all the other studs into the proper holes in the body before tightening any of the nuts.

My Corvette has a very nice rubber gasket under the windshield so I re-used it. A new one would be advised on cars that have seen all weather driving.

Hope this helps you to go ahead and try your luck at this. Many of us are not down the street from shops that will work on out old cars. I actually have two very good glass shops near me who both say they will NOT install glass in any collector car or any car that does not have a ?glue-in windshield?. They can do fifteen glue-in jobs to one collector car job and never have a come-back, broken glass or leak complaint..

We are on our own!