Project Scout's Honor: Bringing the '72 Glass Back to its Clear, Glorious Past -

So, let’s get into it, shall we? I have the glass from my Scout II that I would like to restore. This will include cleaning and restoring the glass, and I will also take on the hardware restoration. The glass is pretty grimy and gross, as shown in the pictures below. The front and rear windows were pretty straightforward. I laid the glass across two saw benches with towels on them. I then used dish soap, a razor blade, and 3M pads to clean the glass. The 3M pad worked very well to get that major grime around the edges.
September 15th 2024
Tools Used:
Glass Cleaner
Dish Soap
3M Finishing Pads
WD-40
PB Plaster – Remove the old felt.
Flathead Screw Driver
Phillips Screw Driver
Razor Blade.

One of the things you will want to do is hit the screws with a little WD-40 to loosen them up. I would give it 15-30 minutes to soak. The screws holding the post was the most rusty. Once you remove the Phillips head screws, the frame will release, and it will be fairly easy to take the glass out of the frame.

Also, I used PB Blast to sit on the old felt for the sliding window. That stuff was hard as a rock but after it sat in PB for a day things went pretty well getting out the old seal. Also, make sure you get it all out of the channel. If not the residual will push over the new felt.

Update: Sept 26th 2024

I ordered. Twelve feet of the channel felt stuff (Link Here) and Two feet of the brush. This goes in the channel on the metal piece attached to the larger piece of glass. It isbetween the sheets of glass (Link here).

Above, you can see the newly refurbished windows. I used the black window glue (link here) to glue in the channel felt. I used an Exato razor blade to cut the holes in the channel felt for drainage. I could not get it all to go in one piece because of the curve in the front of the window. The felt is too rigid to make that turn well. It may come back to bite me, but it looks and slides well. I may have to go in and add more to reduce cabin noise. I will keep the extra pieces and add them as needed.

Update: Sept 27th. I have the front door windows and triangle windows, which I will redo next. You can see some of the pictures below before I start the refurb.

Next project…the door windows – Project Driver and Passenger

UPDATE: Last night (Oct 9th 2024) I replaced the gaskets in both front triangle windows. It was a major pain in the butt and if you are interested in the process here: