C2 -Windshield Install
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C2 -Windshield Install
Is there a rubber strip around the windshield of a C2 Convertible or does it just sit on the clips and then caulk around it? :eek: I think I remember seeing this int he service manual as I described, but can't remember and I'm getting ready to order the clips I need.
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From: South Windsor, CT
Re: C2 -Windshield Install (GreaseMonkey)
My 67 is in the glass shop right now for a new windshield. Yes there is a rubber seal and a bunch of different clips. 11 across the front bottom and different ones on the sides. Get the diagram out of an Assembly Manual. The non-original LOF windshield was only $219 verses $600-700 for a dated look alike fake. All I want to do is see better and the original one was "frosted" from age, sand, etc.
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Re: C2 -Windshield Install (GreaseMonkey)
Mine was there already and in good shape. I looked in the Long Island Corvette Catalogue and have the "Roadster Windshield Weathertrip", part 42 09, for $42.00.
I just went by and checked on my car. The shop had the old windshield (and rubber) out, the new clips installed. They had a coat of water-sealer on the frame drying.
Later they were going to put the new glass in the old rubber, coated with an adhesive, then on with the stainless steel moldings (which I had taken home to polish on my buffing wheel).
I am keeping the old windshield, since it has the right dates, codes, etc. I may try to polish out the pits this winter if things get boring or I can't find a new job (old position eliminated after 32 years with the company).
Billy
I just went by and checked on my car. The shop had the old windshield (and rubber) out, the new clips installed. They had a coat of water-sealer on the frame drying.
Later they were going to put the new glass in the old rubber, coated with an adhesive, then on with the stainless steel moldings (which I had taken home to polish on my buffing wheel).
I am keeping the old windshield, since it has the right dates, codes, etc. I may try to polish out the pits this winter if things get boring or I can't find a new job (old position eliminated after 32 years with the company).
Billy
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From: Alhambra CA
Re: C2 -Windshield Install (Billy Boguski)
Sorry to hear about the job...
If this economy doesn't start to recover soon we'll all be in trouble..
Still can't believe the stock drop since Jan.. :crazy:
Good luck to us all
Tony
If this economy doesn't start to recover soon we'll all be in trouble..
Still can't believe the stock drop since Jan.. :crazy:
Good luck to us all
Tony
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