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I apologize for taking so long to continue my build history. I have to confess that I stepped off of my four post lift (6 ft up) onto a "not so stable" folding step ladder which scooted out away from me causing me to fall onto the concrete floor. I fractured my T1 vertebrae and 6 ribs. Today I'm at 12 weeks in a neck and chest brace and headed to Dr later this week. Anyway, some days are better than others and sitting here at the keyboard doesn't have a lot of appeal at times.

I left off getting to the glass install. Another task that needed some thought. With no glass in the car when purchased I thought I wanted to go with original front fixed/slider and a single fixed glass in the rear similar to a modern suburban/Tahoe. The problem with that was finding the mounting rubber for the single and what to do with all the extra space that would need to be filled in. Son Clayton came to my rescue again and insisted I restore the windows as original. A couple of the trim pieces were in not so great shape, dented and some rust, but maybe could be used. Amazingly all the pieces (inner and outer trim) were stashed there in the back of the burb when we bought it. Even the 4 stainless bars with pull tabs for the sliding glass with bits and pieces of glass still in the channels.
I bought side window glass patterns from Carter thinking I'd have them cut locally but didn't really have alot of confidence in the accuracy of them. Nothing against Jim Carter! Then I found Auto City Classic, Inc in MN. They had a complete glass kit for the AD suburban for IIRC about $800! Brings up the case of me buying things before they were needed. I found the barn door glass used not long after buying the car. Then bought windshield, vent, and door glass from Truck in CA a few years later. Would have saved several 100 dollars waiting and getting everything from Auto City. Lesson to any new bolters, think ahead, plan, do your homework and don't buy too much stuff ahead of time. I thought I was doing Ok buying when I had some "discretionary" cash on hand. That thought cost me.
So I'll start with the glass install, have too many pics and comments so will split it up in 2 posts. Apologize for this long wordy post, I'll stick to procedure and pics next.