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Re: [T3] fastback popout window observations



Boy did I freak out the first time I opened the rear windows on a Fastback

GLASS BENDS?? No way!.. I wouldnt try it in the dead of winter though...
Keith
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> From: Douglas_Brashear@mail.amsinc.com
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] fastback popout window observations
> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 6:42 AM
> 
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Just FYI, if you're not familiar with the fastback popout windows...
> 
> Yesterday I *finally* received a set of fastback popout windows I ordered
> centuries ago from a junkyard in California...I had to go this route
> because it was the only way I could obtain the complete window package
> (including latches, screws, window seals with trim, etc.).  For those
that
> have not see the fastback popouts before, they're very much different
than
> those for notches or squares.  The fastback popouts have a full window
> seal, just like you'd use for stationary windows...however, the main
> difference is that only the leading edge (near the door pillar) of the
> window seal, and a couple inches of seal on the top and bottom as you
move
> back from the door pillar, actually holds the window.  A couple inches
back
> on the top and bottom theres a thick retainer (actually a section of the
> seal about 1.5 inches long that is thicker, with a metal cover) to hold
the
> window into the seal.  To keep the seal from sliding around, there also
> appears to be screw on the top and bottom of the seal, right behind the
> thick rubber retainer, that would slide through a hole in the metal lip
> (the one on the car body, inside the window frame, that the window seal
> wraps around to hold it to the car).
> 
> After the retainer, the window is basically free to separate from the
seal
> when you open it with the latch (which BTW, is large, heavy, and seal
> locking, so there's no annoying screw-down knobs)...the funny thing is
that
> there's no hinge...the window itself actually bends when you open it! 
I've
> removed the window from the seal for cleaning, and it seems that the seal
> may have some sort of rigid inner support...I really doubt that the
chrome
> trim is the only thing helping the seal to retain it's shape.
> 
> 
>   (Please view the following with a fixed-width font such as Courier)
> 
> 
>   Window only held in seal
>   along leading edge and
>   back to retainer
>          |
>          |
>     /---------\
> 
> 
>       ------000--
>      |           --------
>      |                   --------
>      |                           ----
>      |                               ---
>      |                                  --
>      |                                    -\
>      |                                      |
>       ------000----------------------------/
> 
> 
>              ^
>              |
>              |
>      Thick rubber retainer,
>      top and bottom
> 
> 
> I'm going to snap a few photos of the install process...as well as the
> general construction of the seals,
> latches, and windows.  Let me know if anyone wants additional information
> (though it may take a while as I'll be on vacation for 2 weeks).
> 
> -Doug
> 69 auto FI square (for sale)
> 73 FI fasty
> 98 NB
> douglas_brashear@mail.amsinc.com
> 
> 
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