Re: [A/S] front curved windows

["Tim Shephard" <timshephard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

I went through this with my '71 Safari.

Here is what I did.  I used a chisel and knocked off the rivet heads on the
wrap window frames.  I should have used a hammer to knock down the trim
piece of aluminum between the wrap window and center window.  I ended up
ruining the aluminum trim pieces and had to purchase new at $25 each ( I did
not know how to take them off when I was doing it)


Once this is done the window with frame should come out.  There are two
screws on the flat side of the frame that you need to remove to open the
frame.

I then took a piece of cardboard and traced the frame onto it.  I slid the
cardboard into the frame and kept trimming it until it fit correctly.

I then traced the cardboard cut out onto a piece of lexan (like Plexiglas
only it does not turn yellow in the sun), and cut out the new window with a
jig saw.

I slid the lexan back into the frame and used vulkem around the edges to
form a gasket.  Next, I drilled out all the rivet bodies left in the
airstream  and put vulkem all around the window opening.  Then I put the new
window/frame back on the trailer using Olympic rivets.  Put some vulkem on
each rivet as you put them in.  And put the trim back on by carefully
hammering down on it.

Turned out ok.  Does not seem to leak.  I could do a better job now that I
have done it once ;-)

The windows, if like mine, are not symmetrical.  They are more narrow at the
top then the bottom.  However, once you have one pattern you can turn it
over and use it for the other window.  My lexan had one side that had to be
used on the outside (Sun side).  I got my lexan at the home depot.

If you have any more questions let me know.

-Tim