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Roger, Measure the windlace so you know where to cut the dovetail section to start it into the gap up near the top of the front and rear. Jim Carter may have the notches already in place, I didn't check that. Then install the center section at the top so that your dovetail cutouts are slightly below the gap in the track. Once the top is in, start the front and rear sections in from the gap. It helps to cut a taper into the dovetail to help get it started. You'll wind up with a loop that gets smaller and smaller as you pull the front and rear sections in. Massage the corners so that loop finally lays flat in the track. Of course, the bulb section goes toward the center of the door opening. There's a pretty good description of windlace installation in the 1948-1951 Truck Shop Manual (starting on page1-7). Jim Carter says to push it into the track with a padded screwdriver, but I had no luck doing that. A helper is a must with one of you pulling and the other pushing and guiding it into the track. Here''s a picture of when I installed mine, showing the loop at the front of the door opening. The clamp helped to keep the windlace from popping out of the track.