Flush windows alternative

[Moabdude]

I would like to put the front and rear glass flush to the body of my 69 Nova.

Can I just raise the window 1/4 inch with some rubber blocks and use a special molding to fill the gap between the body and the glass?

I was at SEMA and I think I saw some of these solutions.

Can anyone give me some advice?
Pictures?

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Get I touch with you local glass company, they should know what seals would work best. I picked up a 1 1/4" lip seal that hides the gap but it's tought to get the corners right.
Instead of rubber blocks you can have your glass installer use eurethan to build it to the right level.

[darkling]

i'm working on it for my 70 nova . had one body guy start it but failed the problem with the nova is the rear lower mounting it has to come up 3/8 of a inch . along with the whole window surround in and up 3/8 or so . also the front window needs the front cowl extended . not to mention you have to black out 1 inch of the glass otherwise you see the sealers lookin all goopy

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Novas are tough to do cause they have a funky back metal shape. On the front I would just drop the glass down and add metal to the top. It would be about 3/4".

On the glass you can carefully mask off the glass and paint it black.

Lets see some pictures of what have now.

[darkling]

so heres what i have so far i asked them to use a a step shape 3/8 out 3/8 down 3/8 in this is what i got that was 1500 worth of work needless to say i was kinda mad .very much not happy cause now i have to drill out the welds on the bottom panel that they welded in 1st move that up and reweld it and it was a new panel

[Rick D]

Originally Posted by darkling

so heres what i have so far i asked them to use a a step shape 3/8 out 3/8 down 3/8 in this is what i got that was 1500 worth of work needless to say i was kinda mad .very much not happy cause now i have to drill out the welds on the bottom panel that they welded in 1st move that up and reweld it and it was a new panel

Ouch!!! I really hate when guys charge good money for bad work!!

[Vince@Meanstreets]

if your not paying for at least 40 per glass your gonna get what you pay for. Its a ton of work to do.

[darkling]

i've got almost 5k just in the roof and window repairs it's out of control . gonna buy my own mig and do it myself . the only thing not messed up in my car atm is the floorpan which i did . i should have know better then taking others advice in who to go to .
i've been even gettin crazy quotes of like 40 hours just to put in minitubs on a stripped car on a chassis dolly . here is a great writeup on the flush mount

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/tec...s/viewall.html

[Vince@Meanstreets]

shop around and get reviews.

good luck on doing it yourself. careful of the leaded areas.

[darkling]

thx lead is gone already rails gone to it's the only thing not totally screwed up