Hello everyone, I am hoping that maybe someone here might know what size of glass setting tape I will need for reinstalling the door windows in my 65. They have both come unstuck after all these years and I need to re-tape them. I have found a place that sells the glass setting tape but I am not sure what the correct thickness is. They have it in 3 different size thickness. 5/64 inch thick, 3/64 inch thick, and 1/32 inch thick. They are all 1 1/2 inch wide and 20 foot rolls. I just need to find out what thickness to get. This is tape had adhesive on both sides and is made for installing windows in old cars. Thanks for any help with this.

 

This is one of those projects that sucks to do yourself. It's easy enough to do, but you don't know how thick the tape needs to be until you trial fit the glass back into the channel.

The only way to be sure you'll have the right thickness tape is to buy all three sizes. And this is where it sucks. The tape isn't cheap and you'll end up with abutt load of it leftover.

Is it possible you could farm this out to a local glass shop?

Case in point. Last year I started the same project and bought the 3/64th roll of tape (I figured I'd split the difference and luck out...), but it was too loose on the bottom track.

I broughtboth of the disassembled window assemblies to the oldest glass shop in the county(figured they'd worked with older glass before). The young guyin the office said they didn't do that kind of work anymore and couldn't help me. When I was walking out,an old man was coming back from lunch andI just about fell over when he at a glance ID'ed the assemblies as 67-68 Mustang FBdoor window assemblies. He said "I ain't seen real pieces of glass around here in over 20 years" and proceeded to school me on the evolution of glass in the automotive industry. When I explained what I needed to do, he blew the dust off some old rolls of tape hidden away in the back room and told me come back in an hour with $15 cash.

I'm not sure who was happier, me for getting them done for $15 (total), or him for the flashback to yesteryear.

Good Luck,
Dave

 

I had a simular expierience here. Just by chance someonefound some old tape out of a dusty box and just gave me all I needed..
I will be going back for the windshield when it's ready forto hit the road.

That is something that needs to be made available to anybody restoring older cars