Installing Door window glass, 53 Hudson Hornet

fliptop

Any tips on the installation of glass in front and rear doors.  I tried a dry run with a old cracked window to find the best method to install. I got the window in but it was not so easy. Since many of you have already been through this I assume you may be able to give me some direction.

o Position of regulator during install ?

o Tilt of glass during install ?

o Trim removal ?

o Glass channel source ?

o Sound damping material ?

o glass positing tool during install ?

Any help is always appreciated.

JC

Jay_G

I followed the manual when I did mine and it was fairly easy.  Down load the manual from the website.

Jay

VicTor Z

Glass channel source ?  I have the window channeling, beltlines and division bars. thez@verizon.net 

fliptop

Jay what manual was this in?

fliptop

Victor, thanks for the info

fliptop

The channel that I am looking for is the one that the glass is installed into. Need all four since mine are rusted through.

Jay_G

Years ago the club sold a reprint of the Hudson body manual for the stepdowns.  It was there.  But I can't seem to find it on the web site.  It was included in a set of 3 I believe.

Jay

Glowplug

Here is the body manual link

http://hudsonterraplane.com/tech/1948/1948-54_Hudson_Body_Service_Manual.pdf

fliptop

Thanks Glowplug

JC

fliptop

Still looking for Front/Rear Door Window Regulator Glass Channels

JC

Glowplug

Try my website https://hudsonrestoration1948-54.com/  Start with Lance Walker and Roger Tallent

bent metal

fliptop, it sounds like VicTor Z has everything you need, right?  Or are you talking about you want that double sided fabric tape stuff that fits into the window regulator that holds the glass?

Glowplug

fliptop said:

The channel that I am looking for is the one that the glass is installed into. Need all four since mine are rusted through.

if I am reading this correctly, the METAL CHANNEL which holds each piece of glass and acts as the interface to the raising and lowering parts are RUSTED to the point of not being useable... there fore I believe that this part would be available from a parts car or used HUDSON  part dealer?

bent metal

Ok, I get it.  I would think that would be available from a Ford restoration supply in lengths that you could trim to fit your application.  Just a "U" shaped piece that you could weld onto your window regulator slides.  Then, you add the fabric tape.  Glass should never touch metal. 

VicTor Z

Fliptop, I have Window setting Channeling, 24" $10.00 ea. , 32" $13.00 ea. If the brackets are not rusted you can remove and replace on the "Window setting Channel" 

fliptop

Victor, thanks for the tip.  

nissenbenyitskhak

How do I get the old glass out of the window setting channel?  It's in there very tight, after 66 years!  Any tips?

nissenbenyitskhak

The instructions from the Hudson body manual were very poor.  The screw "A" they refer to was not there, and the screws "B" were not where shown in my 1954 Hornet.  It does not tell me how to repair the vent window (crank type) either.  When I took out the part that screw "A" was supposed to hold, the gear and other parts from the crank fell into the door.  

53Hornet

This will be helpful I need to do the same to my 53 Hornet. Thanks. 

StepUp

Bumping an older thread. Did anyone come across a better set of instructions on, "How to Remove/Install Front Door Windows on a Stepdown Hudson?" The instructions in the Body Manual are very poor. During a struggle session changing out a broken driver's side door glass I broke a brand new piece. I've tried several alternative methods to create "insertion space" that including removing the three screws that secure the center rack in place, removing the window regulator, removing the the vent window channel to allow tilting it away from the glass, removing the hair pin that secures the window regulator lever to base. There has to be an easier way....