Removing wing window glass

[Frank Gooz]

i need some help on how to removing and then replacing the wing window glass on my 1950 Dodge Coronet.

i did not see anything in section three of the shop Manual.

the glass is still good. I would like to re chrome the frame.

hope to hear from you.

Thank you

Frank

[desoto1939]

if the glass in the frame is original then they probably used setting which is more like a rubber tape.

 

You can try to heat up the tape along the edges with a heat gun or maybe a hair dryer to get the tape soft.

 

Clamp  a piece of wood t the open end of the glass and then use a set of vise grips and when the tape is soft the try to pull the glass out.

 

Remember this glass is also most 75 years old so be careful.

 

If you are going to replace the glass then just break it up and then remove the old glass. Also any glass shop can cut new flat glass for the frame.

 

Setting tape is old style when we did my glass they used the black silicone glass setting caulking in a tube. This will allow you to position the glass in the frame and to make sure it is square on the outer edge of the frame.  

[Plymouthy Adams]

in most all procedures you will read, tapping the frame off carefully with a hardwood block is the usual process.....this is what I use and have never distorted a frame or broke a glass panel yet.....careful heating glass...if you really nervous and want to void the seal prior to any method you use for pulling the frame, an exacto knife will help or other razor blade you comfortable using....careful, while blood is a fair lubricant.....the shedding of it is not in your best interest.  

[Bob Riding]

6 hours ago, Frank Gooz said:

i need some help on how to removing and then replacing the wing window glass on my 1950 Dodge Coronet.

i did not see anything in section three of the shop Manual.

the glass is still good. I would like to re chrome the frame.

hope to hear from you.

Thank you

Frank

Check out Mark Walker's video on his '41 Plymouth. He did a fantastic job of restoring his car to as close to stock as you can get. I got to ride with him in it at the POC show in Pacific Grove CA in 2011 and it was amazing.

 

1941 Plymouth Restoration (#13)

[Frank Gooz]

I would like to Thank all three of you for the information

each of you have a solution that i will try soon.

[greg g]

I did my Studebaker cuz the original frames were badly rusted.  Don't know if it was factory, but the glass was held there with 2 layers of glazers tape.  Using a hair dryer on middle heat, wd 40 and a razor scraper and one of those ratcheting squeez to tighten bar clamps, a brass hammer to whack the clamp it secumbbed to tapping, slicing, heating,and pulling.  Be patient.  Good luck.