1970 Fury III Convertible Quarter Glass

[1970FuryConv]

· A friend, Manuel, in Wisconsin sent front trim for my left side Quarter glass of my 1970 Fury convertible. I cleaned it up with chrome polish and installed it. I paid him a whopping $26 including shipping and many thanks, because this piece of trim has been part# 1969-70unobtainable for the first 5 years that I owned the car.

· After I installed the stainless steel trim on the front of the Quarter glass, I started to roll the window up and down to make sure that I had installed it right. I found out why the old stainless steel trim piece was missing when I bought the car. It probably caught on this piece of channel weatherstrip trim, bending the channel trim inward and knocking the stainless steel trim off of the glass. I guess the old stainless trim went into some previous owner’s parts bin, never to be seen again.

· My question is how do I remove this channel trim without doing any damage to the body or paint? If anybody has any comments on why the Quarter glass comes up higher in a convertible than the door glass, I’d really like to hear those too. Thanks so much for your help!

Offending piece of channel trim

Convertible quarter glass trim, shorter than 29 body

Trim installed

Left side quarter glass, comes up higher than door glass

Right side (already in place)

 

[Fury440]

My windows are the same height. They pretty well have to be if they are to seal against the roof rail (which is flat). There is a upper stop adjustment on each glass.I haven't done it for years but I remember pulling my hair out trying to get the side glass to curve up and in to the roof rail and to get the seal between the two windows to close.
First test, go for a run on the highway with top and windows up and see if the window seal out the wind.
Second test, wash the car and see how much water comes in.
Third test, repeat test 1 during a rain storm.

It took many iterations but I finally got it to pass all three tests.

 

[1970FuryConv]

Thanks, Bill. I hoped you'd reply!

My windows are the same height. They pretty well have to be if they are to seal against the roof rail (which is flat).

Is there a trim removal tool I should use for the channel trim? Otherwise, I was going to wrap cloth over the end of a flat blade screw driver and pry it off.
Thanks also for your dash removal help. Still looks awesome with a dashpad that's not missing a big chunk of vinyl! Ben

 

[Fury440]

If you are talking about the trim attached to he leading edge of the rear quarter window, I wouldn't use a screwdriver. To avoid dents etc use a small block of wood, about 4" long and an inch or so thick. Lay the block flat on the glass with the 4" length against the trim. Tap the block with a small hammer, move the block after every tap, alternate taps between inside and outside. The trim should walk right off. You might need a heat gun or hair drier if it's really stuck.

BTW, the shop manual outlines an adjustment procedure to adjust the glass. Study it and get a mental picture of what does what in 3D. Looking at your picture, the gap between the windows is much tighter at the top. My guess is the door window needs a slight CCW rotation