Hi all, Joe Clark in Tallahassee here, longtime lurker seeking group wisdom:
I am stumped on rear window installation on my 65 Beetle convertible. This is my second convertible top job, but my first with a glass rear window (the other was an early Ghia). I have installed many a hardtop sedan and bus window with the string method, but the problem with the Convertible is the window frame not as immovable as on a metal car body, and I am having trouble persuading the glass & seal far enough in so that the string reliably pulls the lip all the way around. So what do you do when the window's being stubborn? I had a stubborn baywindow bus windshield that just would not seat completely, but then I just roped into place and drove it for a few days like that and the lip kinda seated itself. I don't think that hack is workable on a vert. Meanwhile the weather here is absolutely gorgeous but I've got the car all festooned with props & tools trying to figure this puzzle out. Any advice or recommendations would be very much appreciated. I have pics of the car, including my top frame resto and top kit installation, at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsclark/sets/ 72157600915297055/. Joe _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
