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1966 Mustang Project: '65 - '66 Vent-Window Frame Restoration

Replace Your Pitted Vent-Window Frames In An Afternoon
By Mark Houlahan
Photography by Mark Houlahan
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New vent-window frames came from Mustangs Unlimited, while the rubber parts and glass run came from CJ Pony Parts, who supplied all of our soft trim items for our Project '66. We had Merv Rego of Classic Creations of Central Florida give us a hand with our project, since there are a few tough spots to get through.

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Removing the vent-window frame assembly out of your door isn't difficult with a little forethought and a shop manual. Remove the door trim and the hardware first. Next, remove the retaining bolts and adjusters for the vent-window frame, and carefully pull the frame out of the door shell. With the vent assembly on your work surface, remove the nut securing the vent-window tension spring and the spring itself.
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In order to remove the vent-window glass, the pivot bracket must be removed. Be sure you take a good look at the pivot bushing hardware, so that you'll know how to reassemble it.
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Stand the vent-window frame on its end as shown and pull the vent glass down into the rubber seal until the top pivot is free of the frame. Pull the glass out of the frame and set it aside for cleaning.
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Remove the screw that retains the front-glass run to the vent frame. We didn't bother removing the vent-frame top seal, since we have new ones for our new vent frames.
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The front-glass run is pressed into the division bar channel and takes some muscle to separate. Even if you aren't replacing the run, it will have to be removed for access to the division bar-seal retaining rivets.
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The division bar has two rivets at the lower end that need to be drilled out in order to remove the division bar.
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Using our trusty drill again, we drilled out the small rivets that retain the division bar seal, then the old seal was removed.
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The division bar is stainless and will clean up quite nicely with hand or machine polishing.
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One of Rego's tricks is to use a length of tape to secure the new rivets for the new division bar seal into place during swedging.

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