Re: 1948 Packard 22nd Series windshield and rear window chrome inserts

Posted by Dave Kenney On 2010/10/3 13:02:18

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Funny you should ask. When I had my '47 painted the windshield glass ,a gasket and stainless were removed. The paint shop broke a new pane of glass, twisted the stainless and then told that they didn't know how to put the windshield in even though they had a glass installer remove it in the first place who was equally inept. I took it to an automotive glass shop, that I have trusted with my modern cars, and the two owners told me that it would be almost impossible to replace the glass even with the manual and refused to even try and that I should never have removed it!
I read the manual over a few times and asked a friend to come over and help me. I sealed the stainless in place using a thin bead of silicone sealant which held the piece in place around the body opening. I wrapped a string around the rubber as per manual instructions and then mounted the glass in the rubber. My friend pushed on the glass one pane at a time from inside the car using a suction cup I bought at Harbor Freight while I pull on the string from the outside carefully wrapping the lip of the rubber around the stainless trim. I lubricated the rubber with soapy water in a spray bottle as I move along. We then moved along to the second pane. In all it took about 15-25 minutes to complete the job. So much for asking the help of glass "experts" when dealing with antique cars. It is easily doable and I would suggest that you carefully read the manual and you should be fine doing it yourself (with a helper).