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Hope everyone is staying in and safe, if you can. My '72's top is the original and in great shape, except for the back window. Over the years, it yellowed, then completely fogged, and then shattered into many pieces. I trimmed all the remaining pieces off the top and was wondering if anyone has ever attempted to put a replacement piece of plastic in one of these? I found a source for the plastic, but didn't know if anyone has tried this. Comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks.
Duane
I don't remember if the "window" is sewn in place or "welded" in place or "glued" in place.
It appears to be vinyl-welded to the soft=top. On my '69 Camaro the window was sewn into place with nylon thread and a plastic tray along the bottom edge connected to a rubber drain hose to catch and drain away any rain seepage.
Last edited by doorgunner; Mar 31, 2020 at 11:07 PM.
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I bet a good top shop could reweld it but you may have to take the top out of the car for them to do it. I'ld make some calls to some local shops. I dont htink this is a do it yourself kind of repair. If your not NCRS they may be able to sew it in
Hope everyone is staying in and safe, if you can. My '72's top is the original and in great shape, except for the back window. Over the years, it yellowed, then completely fogged, and then shattered into many pieces. I trimmed all the remaining pieces off the top and was wondering if anyone has ever attempted to put a replacement piece of plastic in one of these? I found a source for the plastic, but didn't know if anyone has tried this. Comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks.
Duane
I sewed a new window in by hand with a sewing awl in 1981. When I bought my '71 in 1975 it came with a hardtop. Later, when I removed the hardtop, I noticed the plastic window was starting to get foggy/yellow, etc. I asked around about replacing the plastic window and was told to sew in a new piece with the old one in place. Then, carefully cut the old window out after the new window is sewed in. By doing this, the old window keeps the correct tension on the top.
So, with nothing to lose, I went to a supply company and purchased the plastic sheet and a sewing awl. Sorry, I don't have any photos to show you....my wife and I are too old to remove the hardtop.
Back in the day when I was driving my 66 GTO the rear window yellowed, cracked and bits and pieces kept falling off, took the car to a top shop, they replaced the rear plastic window. Now my 6t8 by the time the window was all yellowed the top was, well showing its age also. T
I believe the usual way to do this is to remove the top and have a shop sew a new window under the old one. Then they carefully trim the old window off with a razor blade.
If you have to remove the top to do repairs, I would buy a new one.
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