I've been working on my windshield frame (bending my own, etc.) but I'm stymied on glass-to-frame seal material & frame-to-scuttle seal material.
I found what appeared to suitable materials from a dunebuggy supply place in California. I wrote to them asking for confirmation on what the dimensions of the seals are, or at the very least, the dimensions of the dune buggy windshields the seals are designed to fit.
Not surprisingly, their response was simply "We have no idea, none at all. Just buy it, and return it if it's wrong." Seems easy enough, right? Of course, I'm in Canada, so the purchase price of $36 for the seals, plus shipping, was just over $100. It arrived today. Unfortunately, both seals appear to be designed for a windshield frame with an outside dimension of 3/8", so neither will work. No point in returning them, as I wouldn't be refunded my postage, and what refund I could get would equal what it would cost me to ship it back, so I'd have paid $70 and have...nothing.
Unfortunately, it seems these days that a lot of online sellers (even some of the bigger ones) don't stock, well, anything - if you order something, it'll be drop-shipped from a warehouse elsewhere, so the seller never actually sees an example of the item itself.
That works fine, if you need a specific part for a specific application:
"Hello? Parts-R-us, weird stuff department? I need a chrome, left-handed, reverse-metric muffler bearing trim ring...yes, it's a series II...for my 1965 Alphonso DeCredenza 127S drop-head phaeton coupe". If you can't be that specific, or you need more information, you're on your own.
So, I'm back to square one.
My frame channel (aluminum U-channel, of course) is 3/4" X 3/4" outside (1/2" X 1/2" inside), the square-shouldered stuff, and I'm using a bottom piece for the windshield frame as well. The glass will be standard 1/4" approved, laminated safety glass.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what seal material is available and where it can be found? Or, whatever you've found/made/re-purposed/fabricated that worked??
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