C3 Corvette Door Glass Install

Carefully slide the glass up all the way.

C3 corvette door glass install.

The front door glass stud has an access hole for nut installation. Our inventory selection includes dated and undated door glass for both coupes and convertibles along a windshield and rear window seal kit to aid in your corvette restoration. Allow the rear lower corner of the glass to come completely out of the track and wiggle the roller clear of the door such that you now have the front roller still in the door in its track but the rear roller and bottom of the glass is completely clear of the door. However it is designed this way so that it will fit both 1953 1957 and 1958 1959.

Whether you re maintaining your shark corvette or completing a full restoration our selection of c3 corvette body and fiberglass parts is unsurpassed. This is the nylon bushing closest to the a pillar. On the 1953 1959 installation. Our project 77 corvette was a non power corvette so we could raise and lower the glass as needed.

Remember the door will be open for some time. Start by disconnecting the battery. First if your car is a 1953 1957 you will think the end is way longer then it needs to be. Watch the front glass to track stud as it goes past the outside seal strip.

The continue reading. I snipped the 4 little prongs to get the old bushing removed and swapped over the o ring but for the life of me i cannot push hard enough to snap the new backing onto the new bushing. The 7 16 screw to the right adjusts the upper door glass limit at the rear of the door. For power window corvettes raise the glass prior to disconnecting the battery.

To gain access to your corvette s door components the glass must be in the up position. Ten part video documenting the maintenance of the door locking and latch on a 1981 c3 corvette. Our 7 16 socket is on the rear window glass retaining nut. It gets tight between the seal strip and door opening on the inside.

Let the rear track fall into the door.