Re: AlfettaGT glass & trim on a GTV6?

[s1remington@domain.elided]

Paul, James and Stefano:

Thanks for the excellent tips. Sounds like the project is doable. Yippie! As for the side window stainless, yes I've seen it popping its head up from underneath the paint. But I'm not sure how I would remove the paint without scratching the attached rubber trim. I tried some paint remover but this didn't budge the paint.

My rear hatch is in excellent shape; no rust so far but I would be tempted to perform a direct 1 for 1 swap with an alfetta instead of removing the glass (I cracked my front winshield in my eagerness to experiment a couple months ago). Sounds like the front and rear glass is the same in the late alfettas as in the gtv6s.

"Paul Bayly" <thebaylys@domain.elided> wrote:

If the earlier car (Alfetta GTV 2000) has a rubber seal, then the glass should fit into the GTV6.  If it is the bonded type off the Alfetta GT (1.8) it wont fit.   I would think that the stainless strips are getting rare and expensive, and they are rust traps around the side glass.  When fitting the windscreen, fit the s/steel strip to the rubber, rubber to glass, then  assembly to body in that order.   Kink the strip and it will bother you forever !
 
It's a long while since I looked at a V6 but check that the strips arent just painted or rubber coated.   They may be s/steel underneath and simply require a buff and polish. 
 
My Aussie (Euro) 1979 GTV had green tint, and my '76 GT had clear.   IIRC the first Aussie V6s had the radio antenna in the windscreen glass.
 
Beatle
Oz 

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 James Montebello <jamesm@domain.elided> wrote:

...
In the US, the bonded type was used on the earlier coupes, and the
gasketed type on the later cars.  We never got the 1.8 in the US, only
the 2000.  All of them had stainless trim, but the gasketed type have
the trim attached to the gasket, so the rust problem is significantly
lessened around the windscreen.  On the sides, the area around the trim
is prone to rust on all Alfettas, esp inside the drip rail and under the
trim that runs along the bottom of the windows.  The rear hatch is also
prone to rust around the glass and near the (usually clogged) drains,
so much so that it's common to see an earlier coupe with a GTV6 hatch,
which is a bolt-on swap.

I don't know if it's better metal, better treatment, or simply less age,
but GTV6s don't seem to rust nearly as much as Alfetta coupes.
...
The US GTV6s used an all rubber gasket.  No metal trim of any kind on the
front or the rear.  The side trims are, I think, painted.


james montebello

On   Mon, 9 Dec 2002  "Stefano Iachella" <iachella@domain.elided> wrote
 
The pop in stainless/rubber insert system in the late Alfettas
is supposed to be identical to the GTV6, except for the GTV6 
rubber doesn't have a slit for the insert. I put GTV6 rubber in 
both the front and rear of my Alfetta to get rid of the stainless 
look. I kept my glass. I would expect the Alfetta rubber and 
stainless insert could be used on the GTV6 with the GTV6 glass 
too. My first GTV6 rubber didn't fit quite right though, and I had
to use another.
 
The early Alfetta has a glue in windshield and the glass will be
a little bigger in order to overlap the body lip. 
 
Stefano
Oakland, CA 
 



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