windshield molding
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 1999 9:03 pm
I have a 69 Elan +2 project car. The windscreen was with the car but not
installed. It was cracked and had come loose about ten years before. So
I bought a new windshield from Dave Bean about a month ago. It arrived
in one piece and appears to be correct, it matches the old one. The
problem is that the windscreen is larger than the opening in the body.
The windscreen is about 1/16" larger top-to-bottom and 1" larger left to
right. No way is this going to fit using the standard molding. I talked
to the folks at Dave Bean and unfortunately their only suggestion was
that I might have to get creative and to call around to the various
windshield shops. Well boys and girls, Hank Hill is alive and well and
living in North Texas. I don't want to go through that experience again.
What I think I need is a strip (about 14 ft) of "offset" rubber
windscreen molding. The offset needs to be about 3/8" or larger. JC
Whitney carries something like this but not quite.
Any suggestions, ideas or names of companies that sell molding?. Thanks.
Dave Sutcliffe
installed. It was cracked and had come loose about ten years before. So
I bought a new windshield from Dave Bean about a month ago. It arrived
in one piece and appears to be correct, it matches the old one. The
problem is that the windscreen is larger than the opening in the body.
The windscreen is about 1/16" larger top-to-bottom and 1" larger left to
right. No way is this going to fit using the standard molding. I talked
to the folks at Dave Bean and unfortunately their only suggestion was
that I might have to get creative and to call around to the various
windshield shops. Well boys and girls, Hank Hill is alive and well and
living in North Texas. I don't want to go through that experience again.
What I think I need is a strip (about 14 ft) of "offset" rubber
windscreen molding. The offset needs to be about 3/8" or larger. JC
Whitney carries something like this but not quite.
Any suggestions, ideas or names of companies that sell molding?. Thanks.
Dave Sutcliffe