TEAR DOWN CONTINUES

I’ve tried to put off removing the door and quarter glass so as to keep the interior of the vehicle dry and clean. However to remove the lower door and quarter moldings the windows must be removed. In this picture you will see the passenger side quarter window has been removed as has the drip rail molding, lower quarter molding, window weather striping and the channel that holds the window weather strip. Not visible is the door weather striping which has also been removed.

Both quarter glass assemblies were stuck in the up position. After numerous attempts the driver side mechanism finally cooperated. It took more will power and some skin off one arm to get the passenger side mechanism to move enough to allow access to the bolts holding the window glass to the mechanism. With the glass removed it was still a difficult task to remove the mechanism from the vehicle. The majority of the difficulty can be attributed to the stud that connects the regulator to the regulator support brace. Being badly corroded it would not swivel thus causing the mechanism to bind.

Thank goodness I had prior experience with 1968 B-body quarter glass assemblies and Larry Lyles “Project Charger” book to refer to in removing the assemblies. I have no doubt the assemblies will be an equally difficult challenge to re-install.