My stupid question for the month of March (window plugs)

[UFO]

Pat`s car does indeed have a ledge under the sides.There is not enough stability left in the remaining pce.

[hotrod98]

Pat's car looks great. Would love to see it in person. Would anyone happen to have closeup pics of the completed back glass area? Would like to see how it looks recessed flush with the sail panels to compare it to the one that I just installed.

[UFO]

Heres one from show a while back.Rumor is it has been sold.

[hotrod98]

Kool. That shows me what Howard's vega plug will look like once the car has been painted.

[6PakBee]

One of the tricks Creative used in the installation of the original window plugs was to weld in a pretty long length of (roughly) 1/2" x 1/2" light gauge angle along the inside surface of the sail panel.  That created a "ledge" which held the plug in place while they sloppily buzzed down the created butt joint with the welder.  I'm sure they had a jig of some sort to locate the clip so that it all planed out fairly well.

Here is a picture that shows that length of angle:



And another picture which shows the end of the clip angle, some of the buttwelds, and gobs of lead filler that leaked between the plug and the sail panel:

I know this is an old thread but I can't seem to access the two photos.