63 Coup Windows

[Carl S.]

I need help; I can not get the door glass in my 63 coup doors. I lower it into the door opening from the top but can not rotate it into position. Does the vent window mechanism need to be removed and installed after the window is in place? Is there a trick to help with the all of this? Next question, what is the best sealant to use on the front and back windows? At my local NAPA parts store they have a NAPA brand Butyl sealant 4203 and a 3M Urethane sealant 08609. Any help would be gladly appreciated.
Thanks to All Carl

[Tom H.]

Re: 63 Coup Windows

Gary Seymour posted this last January. Might help ya !

I just redid everything inside both doors of my 67 coupe a couple weeks ago including cleaning locks and catches. This is not much fun for sure but worth the time.
Here is another way.
1. Put the vent frame in and leave loose. Remove the long screw at the bottom first.
2. Put the window crank mechanism in loose but with stem sticking thru the door hole for it. I could not get this in after the vent frame was in, so figured it must go in at this point.
3. Leave the bottom rear track loose inside the door (thus, don't put the two black phosphate philips screws in the end of the door that hold that track in place)
4. Now, for the side glass, you might want a "handle"on the glass...run a piece of duct tape on the inside of the glass sticking at least 3 inches to the glass, then up about 6 inches above the glass and then down the outside of the glass another 3 inches at least. Press the glued sides together and now you have a handle. Maybe you want two handles...front of glass and rear or just center.
5. Put the side glass inside the door and drop to the bottom of the door
6. Position the sideglass in the bottom part of the vent frame
7. Twist the bottom of the rear channel so the opening faces about 45 degrees to the outside of the door.
8. Catch the rear of the side glass in the rear channel (at the bottom)
9. Pull the glass up the channels with the "handles"
10. The rear bottom channel can be twisted in place now.
11. Tighten all, lubricate channels
12. Put the long screw in at the bottom of the vent frame run last.

Hope I did not miss anything, after all it has been over two weeks!
Good luck..Gary
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[Timothy B.]

Re: 63 Coup Windows

Carl,

On your 63 coupe try to remove the rear window channel and then install the window, push it to the top and re-install the rear channel while the window is up..

[Carl S.]

Re: 63 Coup Windows

Removing the rear channel worked great. After working hours and not getting even close, it yook less than 20 minutes per side to install them and adjust them after romoving the rear channel. Thank You for the great advice.
Carl