Post Car Quarter Window Run Channels

I have parted out two posts, they are 64's tho. I have saved all the windows trim and everything, do you have a pic of what you need? I can take some pics for you and see if anything will work for you.

Ken

Yep, they should work just fine. So would parts from a 64-65 Leman's/GTO and Buick too if I'm not mistaken.

I sorta figured that, just thought I would try. im going to be out of town for a week. I will get some pics of what I have and send them to you. my email is: thefivebrowns@q.com if you want to send me pics or info you can send it email if you would like, then I wont forget to look here when I get back. ;D

This is a BIG maybe, but I may have a few sets of quarter glass channels and guides stuffed away. there were two different designs for 65, not sure about 64. Can`t remember the difference either, but I`m pretty sure either can be used in both 64 65. I`m thinking the difference was in the regulators and the tin work where the regulators mount. I`ll know better once I find them, then the light will come on again ( I remember writing some notes and throwing them in the box with the parts) I`m all tied up this weekend, I`ll look Monday If I remember, the top section that slopes downward as it goes towards the rear is a sealing channel, the front vertical channel is a guide channel since the glass doesn`t arch to the rear as it goes down, but the upper front corner of the glass has a nylon guide that rides in the vertical channel. does your glass still have the chrome trim on the forward edge with the nylon guide on the top ?

Hope this all made some sense, I do tend to ramble, where are you from? Kansas ?

Will post some pictures for you in about an hour or so. The verticle channel is a special piece that has a section the plastic piece slips into. As I've said before, no body makes it. You'll need to find a donor car or dream up a new way. The roof rail is also special but can be fabbed out of a straight piece. I found an old one in the garage today minus the bracket that it bolts to in the door.

Here ya go:

This first one gives you an idea of how the windo works. Note the seperation at the bottom.



Note the location of the plastic guide. You cant see but its sandwiched between the back of the channel and a preformed lip.



This one is blurry but a little better. Note the location of the felt. It's outside of the preformed lip creating the seal as the channel extends outward.



This is the roof rail piece, notice how it's formed. It goes into the window channel just like it's laying. The top is that small section followed by the long section which goes down the back of the qaurter window and into the door.



This last picture shows where the steel bracket was rivited that connected the bottom section of the roof rail to the inside side of the door panel. Unfortunately I dont have a picture of that bracket.



This piece is bendable but stiff so it holds its form. Hope this helps.

Not following the felt question but it's beer 30! The felt in the vertical section is glued onto the vertcle channel outside of the lip. The horizontal felts and sweeps must be for a spots coupe. The stuff I kept getting from OPG was holiday coupe which is totally wrong. Can't remember where I finally got them? The bottom attachment is the only one aside from the buttons that press into the body along the top and back

This is the best I can come up with for you, I really suck at taking pics, so if you need others of better quality, just ask, I`ll try again. You`ll notice these are different designs( could be a early/late production thing or, my best guess, the 425 cars got "special HEAVY DUTY treatment" ;D) but both are from 27 series cars, a 33427 and a 33827. If memory serves me correctly, different regulators also, AND the inner quarter skin (where the regulators attach) are a different design also. The 33427 car did not have the bead of stainless on either the horizontal or the vertical pieces where the 33827 does have the bright trim bead.

These are the two different style upper channels, 33427 bottom Brackets mount different but are both from same side




Notice also, the push in pops are also in different locations (this isn`t as simple as you would think)


Vertical fuzzies with lower channel for nylon glass giude


Nylon glass guide in place



Here`s the pop fastener, there split to give a snug spring fit



The glass leading edge trim with guide installed in the vertical channel to show it`s movement

To begin with, my car is a 33827, and I can't tell you which channels it had. I am missing everything. I now see what you mean by the nylon guides. The slide area is made into the channel, and the guide doesn't ride on the rubber/felt seal. What yours show is there is a piece of fuzzy on either side of the window, and not made in one piece. I haven't found any restoration place who can tell me what I need, but I can't tell them what I'm supposed to have either. I just figured these guys are in the business, and should know, but they don't.
Do the pop fasteners press into the door post....and that is what holds the vertical piece in place, or are there screws also?