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I pulled a set of pop out windows out of a Squareback a while back. there were no screws on the hinge side, only on the thumb screw side. The hinges consisted of a cupped shape piece of rubber that inserted over a bracket on the glass side and that inserted into a slot on the door post. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fuhriman, Mark" <mfuhriman@fugro.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 8:57 AM Subject: RE: [T3] rear window popouts > You're talking about Fastback pop-outs? Yes, they are removable. From the > inside there are sheetmetal screws (don't remember how many. 3 or 4?) under > the rubber lip. With the screws removed, the whole window/frame assembly > can be removed. Check the list archives. A couple years ago I asked a > similar question and somebody gave a nice and very detailed response, which > I printed out but don't have handy. But if your windows don't leak and they > are in decent shape, I wouldn't mess with them. Just mask them off for a > repaint. I'd be afraid of screwing up an otherwise decent seal. > Replacement pop-out seals are very difficult to find, and they are usually > very expensive. Even the non pop-out seals are getting very scarce. > > -Mark Fuhriman > '69 Fastback > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org >