Plastic side window insulators, cradles, guards, whatever they're called...

[bull]

Somewhere recently I saw some of these things and now I can't find them. They are nylon or plastic insulators that go at the bottom of the large side window between the glass and the regulator tracks where the plastic rivet goes through and holds it all together. Basically they keep the glass protected from the cradle on the metal regulator track. I saw them somewhere inlcuded with a pair of rivets.

It might be these, listed on the R/T Specialties site with no pic: 3035056 GASKET A/B BODY LIFT BRACKET AT BOTTOM OF DOOR GLASS   
 
SOLD AS A PAIR Price: $8.00 

Swiped this pic from Bill's window thread.

[bull]

Maybe this is what I saw: http://www.mrmoparts.net/door-window-hardware-66-70-b-body/

[sanders7981]

Mine were made of some kind of thick paper.  I replaced them with some sticky back 1/8 inch thick foam sheet that I bought at Michael's craft store.  Worked the same' just trimmed it to fit.   

[bull]

That would be a good place to check. I'd like something made of vinyl or nylon, something that will hold up for a very long time.

[fy469rtse]

Bull , I used the soft rubber in a strip that the window guys use on rod's, it's soft enough to squeeze in with glass, I also used it in the side front vent windows, where the glass sort of pressed in to chrome frame, the remains of hose seals were like hard plastic,
Little bit of kerosene or glass cleaner to help slip glass in, I don't know what other guys do in these areas but this has worked for me on many cars ,
Again wish I had photos of when I was doing it

[bull]

Thanks. I found a large sheet of fairly thick plastic I plan on using. I'll post some pics of the process later today. Another thing I think would work well is a large piece of heat shrink tubing split down the length on one side and cut to fit.

[sanders7981]

That would be a good place to check. I'd like something made of vinyl or nylon, something that will hold up for a very long time.

I couldn't even tell you what it was called, foam sheets I think, but you could double it up and it would serve its purpose IMO.  They were like .70 cents a sheet.  Kinda helped to think outside the box with that idea. 

[bill440rt]

IIRC it was just a thick paper-like gasket. I made some out of heavy roofing tar paper. Worked great. 

[sanders7981]

IIRC it was just a thick paper-like gasket. I made some out of heavy roofing tar paper. Worked great. 

Tar paper... That's a great comparison.  That is about what mine was like. 

[bull]

So I went down to the craft store and found a sheet of template plastic in the quilting dept. for $4.50. It was the thickest I could find in the store at .050" and an employee there gave me some tips on how to sharply crease the angles I needed to get it to fit the cradle. With a little trial and error using thin cardboard I came up with a retangular template that I put up against the back of the lift guide to mark the triangular top.

A little more trial and error and I had a piece of plastic in the shape I needed. The tip I got from the craft store employee was to score the plastic where I wanted the bends. I used a scale (ruler) and a flat screwdriver to do this. The lines drawn on the part below show where I wanted the bends, there is 3/16" of space between the creases. Once bent I drew some rough lines where I wanted to remove some material in the front and later I nipped away the hole for the rivet with a hand-held hole punch.

Anyway, it's not rocket science so I won't go on and on but here are the pics.

BTW, I recently got all the side glass back from being polished. It looks nice.

[bull]

 

[A383Wing]

now I know what those extra vent glass goes to that I have here....

[bill440rt]

 

[sanders7981]

Excellent work!  That looks great and like it will last another 40 years!

[bill440rt]

Saw this advertised this morning and immediately thought of this thread.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-1966-70-B-Body-Door-Window-Hardware-/161263014430?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item258c06521e&vxp=mtr