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Originally Posted by broken1234
Vince, I have seen your work. Nice!
So you are going to fab a new flange at the correct height, and with a slightly smaller opening, so existing glass will work?
A "kit" would have what, bigger glass and some method to properly position in in the existing flange that's too deep?
What about a seal around the perimeter? Just urethane is OK with a properly sized gap?
What's the big deal with making a 2nd gen kit? Who besides that guy in the midwest claims to have a kit?
I'm not there yet on my '70, but I want flush glass!
Brad
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Originally Posted by glassman
Manufactoring the glass is super difficult and very expensive and the demand just wouldn't satisfy the the development costs, so fabbing it is.
The height of the pinchweld is no biggie, you just make up the 1/8 to 3/16 difference with auto glass urethane, but the gap between the edge of the glass and the "flush" of the body is the visual challenge....
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Thanks Brad, For me metal work might be easier to do than a $1500 glass set. I enjoy the torture.
We used retail a 1" lip seal in the past but getting the corners right was tough. Having the modern look is cleaner, no lip seal, all body work with a 1/8"- 3/16" gap.
I addtition to adding the sides we would increase the base too from 3/4" to 1 1/8" for a bigger urethane foot print.
pictured before urethane....see what I mean about the corners?