Update on the rear window.

I spent a couple of days trying to get the lock strip in, but could only get it started and about one foot before the tool slipped out of the channel. And I couldn't get it back in with the lock strip in place, so I would have to start over.

I finally went to my local O'Reilly's and bought a different tool. It's a Lisle 47000 tool, with four different sized tips that are interchangeable, and MUCH thinner than the tool I bought from Jim Carter. Also has a much better handle, sort of like a large screwdriver, which made it easier to hold and apply pressure. Tried it out this morning and the lock strip slid right in. Much easier to work with the thinner tool, goes into the channel easily, slides with next to no friction. And it was only $17.

Amazing what having the right tool can do.

Tim

Last edited by bluesman; 07/06/2019 7:38 PM.
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur ( https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.

Tim