Hi, I want to replace the glass on my 68 hardtop. I'm planning on ordering new soon. All the windows roll up [censored]-eyed now. I figured I might as well kill two birds with one stone, new glass to replace the badly scratched original and the mechanisim. What is the best way to go about this? What parts will I need? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I want to get a new radio and replace the the center dash insert. I have the burlwood inserts now. I'd like to switch to the plain black insert. The '67 radios come with a walnut faceplate, the '68's come with the burlwood face plate, no black. Can an original style radio insert be used with one of the Custom Autosound radios? But from what I've found so far is the main center section comes in black and walnut, no burlwood? And the ashtray is available for the '67 in black, but nothing for '68. Does anyone have any ideas to get a matching setup?

Thanks
Kevin

Kevin, I know they sell the whole kits to repair the window tracks and the regulators and all... But I'm not familiar with the kit you are looking at, and or how complete it is? You may have to carefully disassemble yours and double check all the parts?
And you'll want to clean up all the parts/tracks and all, and relubricate before installation (obviously)

The Firebirds all hade the wood grain center dashes. Horizontal wood grain for 67 and Burlwood for 68. While the Camaro had Vertical wood grain as an option, and the black camera grain standard.

Then the consoles... Camera grain color coordinated for 67, and of course Burlwood for the firebird in 68/69... Camaro again was just the Camera grain and then 68 into 69 changed console designs...

Look around some more at Ames/PY/Classic/YO/Paddock etc to find the right combination you need.. it's gotta be out there.

If you want to go all black for the center, you should be able to find the parts by looking for Camaro stuff, or even try Rick's Camaro's etc...

And yes, the Secret Audio for in dash applications should be designed for use in the stock dash mounting location (no cutting etc)

Good luck, hope you get her set up just the way you want!

Brett - 67 Drop Top 455!

Thanks for the reply. I saw the black listed for the 67-8 Firebirds in a catalog I downloaded from Classic Industries, I didn't know it wasn't an option. I'll stick with the original then.

I was just going to order individual replacement parts for the windows. Someone sells everything in a kit? I was assuming the plastic rollers were the only wear parts, is this correct? Or could there be more wrong?

Thanks again.
Kevin

It could be a case of adjustment. You have in/ out, for/aft, up/down adjustments, and you have these ajustment points at the fron and back of the door glasses.

This can create an incredible mess. Sometimes, adjusting either the q/g or the d/g requires adjustment to the adjacnet glass.

Adjustment is a skill, and unless do it, or have done it professionally, you just have to keep dinking with it. Even professionals have to dink with them.

I don't know if you have priced new glass for your car, but it's a real horse pill to swallow. (There are a lot of cars around that if the glass were broken out, the car would be totaled because replacment glass exceeds the value of the car.)

I won't try to influence you as to whether or not you want to buy new glass. One thing I'll point, out, however, is that you might want to play around with the adjustments before you go out and buy new everything as to related components.

It's impossible to try to even start to explain how to adjust glass. Hell, most glassmen don't know how to adjust glass.

Let's say that I had a stripped door with parts that didn't have telltale scars as to where everything lines up. This is how I would get my baseline adjustment, then dink with it if it needed more: Install the glass without really tightening everything up. While inside the car with the panels removed, I'd roll the glass up coaxing it into basic alignment, weaseling it around, getting it into the hole the best.

Then I would snug everything up. I would get out of the car, AND GENTLY CLOSE THE DOOR. AGAIN, GENTLY CLOSE THE DOOR, checking the alignment. You close it gently because if it's major cadywampus, and you give the door a hard slam, the glass's edge may catch an edge. Oh, yes, it could go BOOM! and you your glass could end up as clear gravel.

Thanks for the help Amervo. The glass does need replaced due to heavy scratches. I cannot imagine how someone put these scratches in the glass. Anyway, looks like I'll have to be careful and very patient.