GTV 2000 windshield trim

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

Richard,
     David Simmons was over this weekend and we were looking at my 74 GTV.  It was completely repainted with a brand new glue in windshield that has developed a crack already.  David suggested buying a new gasket style windshield and gasket from Matt Jones at Re Origionals.  I have already located the trim for the gasket style, which is rather rare.  The rear windshields were always gasket style.
     David said to remove the trim from the glue in windshield with a stiff putty knife.  He said it was glued on, same as the windshield and would probably get bent in the process of removal.
     To remove the glued in windshield, he said to run piano wire or small cable through to the inside and work it all the way around to cut the windshield out.  Since my windshield has a crack, I may just break it all out and spend the time cleaning up chards of glass.
Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City


In a message dated Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:53:28 +0000, owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

> 
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:19:30 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>
> Subject: GTV 2000 windshield trim
> 
> another open issue on my GTV is the front windshield trim. it currently has
> none; the restoration that was being done when i bought it stopped before
> that was reinstalled. i have found myself with three complete sets of trim,
> but it's all two piece, with clips to cover the joints in the middle of the
> top and the bottom.
> 
> the parts book shows that the trim for this car is 4 pieces, with joints at
> the middle of the top and the bottom, and at the middle of the sides. the
> parts car that i've ignored for too long has the 4 pieces of trim.
> 
> since all three sets of two piece trim are a bit bent out of shape, and the
> 4 piece trim on the parts car is more "correct" and not yet bent, the big
> question is how to get it off without bending it. anybody 
> have any
> suggestions? then, what's the best way to reinstall it?
> 
> thanks,
>  richard
> - --
> Richard Welty  
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