R&R headliner

duncan
duncan Expert Adviser
edited November -1 in HUDSON
I was wondering if it is absolutly nessary to remove front and rear glass to install
headliner. I just received the back seal but weary to remove glass. 54 hornet hollywood hudsonly Ray

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  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    According to the body manual you have to remove the back glass. Doesn't say to remove the windshield, just the interior trim mouldings.
  • Marconi
    Marconi Senior Contributor
    Yes, Geoff is correct, rear glass has to come out, but windshield stays in. When you take off the reveal mouldings you need to have about 4 sheet metal screws w/ washers handy to put back into the body to hld the w/s up so it doesn't fall back. I'm assuming that the w/s in a 54 is held in like the 48 to 53s.
  • duncan
    duncan Expert Adviser
    I bought the front and rear rubber seals for the front and rear windshield and backlite. Could I just cut the seals and remove the glass easy. Ray Thanks for your help.
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    Back in the day we would break the back glass just to get a good window rubber. Now that they are being reproduced that is no longer necessary. A good exacto knife will cut the rubber. I did mine on the outside and then pushed the window onto some thick foam in the back. It was hanging about half way out and I removed it. Simple operation.
  • duncan
    duncan Expert Adviser
    Thanks for the reply. I will ask a friend that has a glass shop to
    help me r&r the glass Ray
  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser
    I just did this with my 52 Hollywood. Lot's of soapy water in a spray bottle and a heavy cord will make life easier. One person inside pulling out the cord and another outside pushing (or beating!) the glass in with the palm of thier hand (remove your watch and rings....). Keep spraying the water on the rubber. We had it installed in short order.

    Don
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