Digz's 65 panel

Digz, Man you are making some serious progress dash and doors are looking great I can't wait to see more. Bill

Really looking good Digz !!!!!!!!!!!! I like the change of color in the instrument panel. I've never had a 1st gen instrument panel out. Are they hard to take apart?

They come apart super easy!

Oh my i think I have some work to do now. Bill

Looks great Joe!!!! That Orange on the gauge cluster is too cool looking

G-Man wrote:Looks great Joe!!!! That Orange on the gauge cluster is too cool looking

I agree. That really looks nice!

Nothing like a little paint to get your heart pumping

A must do !! Fragile plastic glass though. I 1200 ed it and buffed it not bad

I'm glad you posted that. the plastic is a bit of a sore spot on mine and was wondering if it could be redone. Thats really nice looking !!

Man , what a monumental undertaking, that is looking great now, it makes me feel guilty after getting mine painted with such little work, mucho cudos to you .

Steve

I've got Glass !!! About 6 months ago Mike from Howard City Auto glass made a template, it has taken me this long to get ready for the install. Originally was thinking maybe a bronze tint, but it didnt work out for him without buying a full sheet of the stuff, and Im sort of glad after thinking about it more. This is a No-Gasket installation.

glass is taped and prepped with primer

molding is applied with another layer of urethane
after setting it they work it into place

It gets taped to keep it from settling down.

lower right corner

There was some concern over the interior line , but it looks to me like a little trimming with a razor blade will dress it up.

I'm liking it .

One more thing off what seems to be a very long but growing shorter list.

Digz That is so clean looking.How soon before you have it on the road? Bill

Joe never heard of or ever thought you could have that type of windshield installed in these vans. Very Cool!!!!!

I did the same switch on my 1984 CJ7 a few years back. Never even crossed my mind to do it with the van.

Joe, It looks great! How much larger did they have to cut the glass?

Dan

Bill, Its some brackets and seats away from actually driving it, 1 side cargo door away from ready for paint, 1 engine cover away from going deaf ! And some tweaking on the brakes away from stopping it in "good order". Of course there is that annoying list of things like, a couple door seals, Hinge grommets, window channels and fuzzies ( on order from Wookee), some turn outs on the glass packs,,, etc... Ya know what I mean,,
Its a little hindsight now but I think One might have come up with some kind of slip on trim for the interior edge of the windshield before it goes in. Oh well ,maybe on the next one,,
Chris , I think it should work okay? I cant believe there is enough racking in the nose section to break a seal with the stuff they use now, could even widen the flange it seats on maybe if someone was starting from scratch. See how it works out, doesnt hurt to experiment.
Dan,, Mike did a tracing of the opening then added about 3/8" around it. It looked like it could have been a wee bit wider at the center, The upper corners were maybe a smidge tight, just enough to make it harder to center, so if you have it done I would say take extra care at the corners when the glass is cut. My glass was cut off site, I bet an in-house ( at the glass shop) job would be best.

loooking sharp ......

That windshield looks good , your van looks great, I sold my 57 convertible, now I have to get it out of the barn. Did you ever do anything with that tinted glass with the wrong gasket on it? This one...


I can't get the barn doors open yet (frozen).

Dan , I still have the glass ,had to cut the gasket tho ,, thot it might make a coffee table or something but its yours if you need it. That has to be a different barn < I think I would have remembered tripping over a belair>.
I have to run into town late in the afternoon tomorrow if you want me to bring it Ill grab it in the morning ??

Joe I remember the 57, you must have forgot. You were with me that day

joe, bring it by, and the horn ring if you remember it. I will be at work, but just leave there I'll find it. Maybe we can carravan to Bakers this year.

Yeah , I forgot it,, I need some memory pills I guess, took the widshield down and forgot to take the horn ring. Spent all morning telling myself I had to take it off ,, then masked off the window and pffffft ,, that idea disappeared..

Good to hear your back at work Dan(I hope) I remember the 57 too(Left side up by front of barn??). Seems like I remember Dan saying hes had the 57 for a long time??

Joe I have to get up to see your new shop sometime, really looks nice, thanks for bringing the glass over, Tom I had that 57 for 32 years, and I never drove it.

I finally remembered to take the horn ring off today. Paint didnt show up today, have to grab that in the morning if its actually in. A little wash with some paint prep and a tack cloth and shes ready to shoot.

Maybe if you can get free for a bit this weekend Dan , ya can come up and take a look.

Gotta do the roof yet.

Randy and I painted it, need to learn more about HVLP tho