<VV> late windshield panel repair

[Ron]

The factory repair panel, which I had purchased, was useless  as the main 
rust problem is closer to the corners and beyond the relatively short length 
of the repair panel.  It requires cutting into the side posts and replacing 
rusted metal there.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Underwood" <tony.underwood at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> late windshield panel repair


> At 03:32 PM 6/13/2009, Ron wrote:
>>FYI - I recently had the rust problem at the bottom of the windshield on 
>>my
>>'66 sedan repaired and the bill came to just under $2000.  You can't tell
>>that there ever was a problem now but the fix is costly.
>>RonH
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> 2k for windshield panel repairs...
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> Humm, I'm in the wrong line of work.    I forget exactly how many
> 'vair windshield panel rust issues I've fixed, on my own (four)
> 'Vairs or mostly for free (club members) during tech sessions or
> collaborations with projects, including the one I did last week
> (which still needs patches in the back corners, as well so
> technically it's not finished yet).  ;)     Seriously, maybe I *am*
> in the wrong line of work.   A 'Vair windshield panel repair or even
> replacement (once you straighten the available aftermarket
> replacement panel because it won't fit quite right otherwise) won't
> take more than a day, tops, if you dedicated the effort to it
> exclusively.   Usually, unless the car was pretty bad to begin with,
> like sitting under a pine tree for a decade, the entire panel won't
> need replacement.   Usually the problems are where the leaded seams
> crack and allows moisture to seep in and rust out the joint, which
> can be replaced with hand hammered patches without a huge amount of
> trouble.    The finished repair can look at least as straight or
> better than the factory lead and it won't crack again.
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> It's a better fix than paddling solder over the joint, but it takes a
> bit longer... ;)
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> Then again, the solder generally lasts about three times longer than
> the cars were ever expected to last in the first place.
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> tony..
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