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Wow did we have a nice evening, 70 degrees, first time this spring it's been that warm.

So I put the back wheels on the groovy chicken and rolled it outside.







My youngest helper was on the job with me tonight.



I decided to pull the front windshield trim and peal the vinyl top tonight.

This is the trim removal tool I made several years ago using what was a plexiglass cutter at one time. I ground the cutting edge so it wasn't sharp anymore and I cut a little hook in the blade.



This is how it works, sneak it behind the trim and hook the clip to release the trim.



The front stainless came off really nice, didn't fight me at all and I was happy to see the clips in decent shape and the windshield tray looked decent too.

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It's going to clean up really nice, a little pitting but no holes.

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I'm seriously considering cleaning and rustproofing around this windshield gasket as best I can and leaving it installed for now through the paint job since we can't get these gaskets right now.

If it works out the way I want it too I will be able to remove the trim next winter and replace the gasket at that time and rust bullet or POR15 behind the gasket on the metal before reinstalling the glass. And that shouldn't effect my paint job at all.