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I am renovating the worn out window channel and cat whisker trim on my 39 Six as I am reupholstering the door panels.

Putting the first one back together and noticed the channel is not tucking up "behind' the whiskers and as a result, is proud of where it should be by over 1/8" which prohibits installation of the window garnish trim

Anyone experience this before or can point me in the right direction? Unfortunately, this car has had some of the channel replaced in the past. The channel within the door is the same size of the stuff I bought from Steele rubber. The channel that goes around the top of the window was replaced at one time with some that is about 1/8" shorter, hence "fits". it should all be one size

Hey John,
Not sure on the window channel sizing but when I replaced a couple of windows in my '39 Six, I had to remove the channels to get the windows out and there are some very small Phillips flathead screws holding them in. They were so small, I initially thought the things were riveted in and Brian (BeDeb)straightened me out, advising they were screws. Anyway mine did come out but were badly rusted. I had to order a whole box to get the handful I needed, so if you require any, let me know and I'll mail you a few. Chris.

Thanks Chris and Happy New Year!

I took out the channel and the chrome trimmed cat whiskers. Was surprised to see those tiny Philips head screws you are referring to, thought it was a "band aid" fix from whomever installed the u-channel. The channel had broken on the left side, just below the frame opening, or at least so I thought. Upon pulling out the channel where the regulator resides, inside the door frame, I realized the top and bottom were different sizes, someone had switched out the top. Already had the parts from Steele, so installed the trim and whiskers, installed the channel, put my freshly made and covered door panels on and slipped the window trim bezel into place. That's when I noticed the channel was not tucking in at the same plane as the whiskers and hence the trim bezel won't mount up.
I'll take another look in the AM, need to make this work and got a laundry list of stuff to get done before honoring my youngest daughters desire to be driven in this car to her wedding.
I'll email you some pics in progress, finished the carpet several weeks ago. Challenge there was the laminated tar paper on the inside was falling apart, I removed the chunks and any loose material, fiber glassed the front and back of it and covered the visible part in heavy black denim. Turned out great

Love to see the pics! Chris.