Project- Bills Buggy

bummer.....I hate it when it feels like you take one step forward and two steps back.

I am sure your aware of this but just incase your not....I figured i would mention. buckets seats in a bench car are not a direct bolt in. they dont line up with the same holes that a bench seat uses. there are dimples in the floor pan where the bucket seat mounting holes would be located that will need drilled out. also factory they had metal plates welded over said holes to beef up the floor pan in that area so if ever in an accident or due to years of wear and tear ...your seat tracks would not rip or beat up the metal. when I converted my duster over to bucket seats I drilled out where the dimples were located in the floor for buckets and I then welded plate steel in place and drilled the hole through it aswell. I put a plate on every hole just so i know it will never get beat up or ripped ( I documented all of this in my build thread....take a look if you need too).

as for your window leaking.......taking the glass back out would be the "right way" but you can get around all that work if you don't mind cutting a corner or two. dont just smear it in with your finger. you would probably be best getting a tube of urethane sealer from your local paint shop, load it in a caulk gun, stick the tip of the gun deep into the channel that the seal is in and try to pipe it in under the seal if you can.

yes those clips are a paint in the but. I found that even when the actual removal tool was being troublesome....I took a flat head screw driver and lightly pright up on the trim just enough to slip a 90 degree seal pick tool in under the trim and snag the clip and pull . the pressure of the screw driver and pulling with the seal pick popped the clips. I did my whole back and front windshield like this because i couldnt find my tool and my trim still looks as straight as can be.

just some hints/tips. hope you can make some use out of them.

hang in there buddy. sometimes its best to just walk away from it for a day or two and cool off.


Thanks Jerrod.. yea, I knew I needed to walk away before I started losing my mind.. as for the seat thing.. I knew where the holes were supposed to be.. I had done some research before I decided to do this switch, but never really knew what the seat tracks were to look like til tonight,... and from the factory I know they only welded in 4 extra plates.. 2 per side (on the inside side of the seat) the outer holes still fall into the same brace under the car that the bench seat tracks bolted into.. I think I may have tracked down an actual set of bucket seat tracks though..

As for the rear glass.. I still havent decided what I am going to do.. I cant express how difficult that glass is to get in.. the front glass was an abslolute DREAM compared to the back.. any sealant we would've put on the pinch weld, or in the rubber itself, we would've rubbed off, or pulled out trying to get the glass in.. Maybe im over my head with the back glass.. I could live with the fact that it leaked, if I could garuntee this car will never be sitting out and a rain storm roll in.. of course.. I cant predict the weather LOL .. Im just going to quit thinking about the buggy for tonight.. we're suppsed to get the hood and scoop painted tomorrow, so thats my focus for now... I'll deal with the rest after that..

Thanks again for the pep talk.. the buggy may have won this battle.. but I will eventually win the war :rambo: lol