May be the wrong place on this site but I've had my 56 Victoria at a body shop for a strip and repaint. I sent it with the lower stainless trim on the rear window hoping they could leave it in the rubber. I removed all the trim on the car but this piece and the front lower. They took it out of the rubber and I wonder if any of you have had to put this trim back into the groove in the rubber. I've tried putting in a nylon cord to open the groove but was not too successful in getting it back in. Any ideas? Thanks....

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

I have never had good luck with windshield or back glass rubber install. Especially if the rubber is more than a few years old. For starters, I would probably get new back glass rubber. Back glass is not laminated like front glass and is brittle. So, if there is a good reputable glass shop nearby I would bring the car to them. That way if they break it, they have to replace it. Just my 2 cents worth.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Not a clue. I let professional glass people do that sort of thing. Problem is you need to find someone familiar with old stuff. They are out there.

I believe the window needs to be out of the car, the glass is put into the rubber and then the  stainless is installed into the rubber. A cord
is then wrapped around the outside perimeter of the rubber. Next, the  whole thing is set into the opening and the cord is withdrawn from inside the car while
someone pushes on the glass on the outside. I don't think you'll get the stainless back in if the window is already in the car. Hope this makes sense.  Barry L.

I think it's the other way around.  The trim has to installed in the rubber, then the glass into the rubber  and then into the car.

Or the trim into the rubber, the rubber installed on the car and then the glass installed.

Either way, the trim has to be installed into the rubber first.  Same as the windshield.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Thanks for the responses, I figured that may be the case since the stainless that goes into the "slit" in the rubber actually has about a 1/8" 90* degree angle and it looks like it would under the glass. There are screws at the end of the trim so if little 1/8" "ell" was not there I'm sure the trim would look fine. If I had an extra one I would probably cut it off and and give it a try.
There is a local T-Bird restoration shop near me and I'm going to ask the which glass shop they use. Nothing today is done the old way. Thanks again.... This web site is great...

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.