105/115 windows

["Watry, Andrew" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>]

Further to Lawrence's having found water within his GTV's glued-in
windshield:

	These windows are hard to put in right, and run-of-the-mill shops
often do a slipshod job, especially for a fixed price.  I just had my 74 GTV
painted, and had the front and rear glass removed to fix the rust I was sure
was under there before painting.  The glass shop, Frank's of Berkeley, has
lots of experience with older Alfas and was able to get the glued glass out
without breaking it, which is somewhat difficult.  Luckily in this case, the
last time the windshield had been glued in by another shop, they did a
crappy job, so the trim and glue were not making a solid seal, making the
glass easier to remove.  During hard rain, water used to come in around the
windshield glue at the bottom right corner.

	Frank's took a lot of time and careful work to get these windows in
and out (six hours), and I paid for it accordingly. But I think they did a
beautiful job.  I didn't use a new seal for the rear window because (1) my
seal was basically OK, (2) the seals are out of stock at the moment from
Re-Originals, and (3) the Re-Originals rear seal I saw installed in a
friend's GTV a couple months ago (also done by Frank's) didn't fit very
well.  Anyone else have that experience?

	Earlier GTVs with gasketed front windshields won't have the glue-in
problem, but Berlinas with glue-in windshields are in the same boat, and
I've seen similar poorly done Berlina windshields that leak and are rusting
away around the perimeter of the glass.

Andrew Watry
Berkeley, CA
Berlina Register
67 Giulia Super
74 GTV

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