later years the channel is one piece up the back and across the top where it joins the division bar with it's separate channel, so yes, it should stay one piece for at least that area - the corrugated core allows the corner radius if it's not real sharp, but you need to wrap it over the glass carefully while you hold the outside to prevent those wrinkles - ... does the 36 have metal frames on the glass?

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics