Thread: 32 Ford Roadster Windshield Finger Pulls

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Bob, here is a picture of the side rubber with the windshield open a crack. I just scratched up the inside of the channel with the point of a pair of scissors, filled the channel with "GOOP" and slid in the reproductions '29 rubber. You can be sloppy with the GOOP since when it dries/cures you can peel off the excess with a little rubbing. Now that it is in there the main seal seems to be at the top three inches of the side and the rubber along the bottom edge wedges in pretty tight.

C9X, you always have a better way! I will look for the allen head screws, thanks!

Henry Rifle, I have checked out the original Ford Service Bulletins and pictures of restored '29s and I do not see any lip at all. Apparently the rubber was supposed to be enough to seal it up, but the fact that the '30-'31 roadsters used wider side rubber with a T-channel tells us there may have been problems with the '28-'29 set up. I am going to keep it this way until/unless I have problems with it.

Don Shillady
Retired SCientist/teen rodder