1969 Dodge Dart Custom Sedan Slant Six, Father-Son Project

The front windshield was fogged and bespeckled a bit from its age, so I wasn't too bummed out when it cracked upon removal. Oh, and good luck finding a 4-dr sedan windshield (finally via eBay).

The windshield frame had some of the only rust damage to the car, which was painstakingly repaired. Then the frame surround was primed, painted, and clearcoated, to keep future rust at bay. Lotta hours went into that.

The windshield installation was surprisingly simple! The gasket is a kind that has a clever locking-tab design that I'd never heard of before. The easiest way to install the glass was to first put the gasket in position (with some butyl sealant on the 'fence' edge of the frame first), slip & pry in the glass (there's wiggle room enough, and we lubed the channel where the glass fits with foaming window cleaner to keep it slippery), then fold/press in the locking tab portion of the gasket.

It took us less than an hour to be done. :cheers: After letting it dry out for a week, we adding a perimeter caulking of 3M 08509 Auto Bedding and Glazing Compound so that there'd be no worries ever about leaks.