My 72 Europa SS

[Sofa King]

Here are the seat photos I promised.

[BDA]

I figured you had mentioned your seats before so I finally looked back earlier in the thread and found a picture with the seats in your car (but they don't appear to be in position). That's a pretty cleaver way of providing a good seat and more head room. I hope it provides enough support.

[Sofa King]

Surprisingly they do have good support. I left all of the foam in the bolsters intact. Only the foam in the center area was shaved for my head room. They are much more supportive and comfortable than I was prepared to live with. My original plan was to just use the cover for my aluminum racing seat and pretend to have a seat. When I did that, it looked like there was a seat in place, but it was the comfort and support equivalent of a park bench!

[Sofa King]

Finally got the driver’s side windows in. Much bigger PITA than I expected! The snug fit is causing the window to bind, so I have to sort that before I connect the window motor. (Any suggestions would be appreciated! I still have the other side to do!) Even though it fought me, I’m happy with the result.

[1970EuropaGuy]

I like the blacked out windows. Thinking of doing that myself as mine are pretty scratched.

[Sofa King]

Thanks! I had thought about blacking them out, but I was undecided until I saw a car on this forum with them in black. (Sorry I don’t remember who gets that credit.) I think that it makes it look clean, and both the front and rear glass are already black.

[LotusJoe]

What supplier did you use for the rubber around the quarter windows?

[Sofa King]

RD Enterprises

[LotusJoe]

RD Enterprises

What was your procedure on fitting the rubber around your quarter glass.

[Sofa King]

After 2 calls to RDE to figure out how the molding worked, ( I didn’t remember how it came apart and I was expecting something more like a “U” channel.) I fit the molding on the glass and mitered the corners. Then slid the assembled unit into the quarter window frame. I mounted the main window frame, then put the front of the quarter window frame in place, slid the “H” channel between the quarter glass and the rear frame, and pushed and pried until it popped into place. On hind site it might have been easier to leave the rear frame unriveted until the last step, but it might not have helped given that I was working by myself.

[Sofa King]

Passenger side windows are in! Much easier than the driver’s side. Leaving the main window frame loose while putting in the quarter window made a huge difference. Thanks for the info in the Garage on window installation.

I’m still concerned that the windows are too tight for the motors to move them, but I’ll keep working on them.

[Sofa King]

Power window motors, door cards and speakers are in!!

[Sandyman]

Sofa, great job! Any luck getting the driver window to slide easier? Once you get your Yellow screamer on the road can you treat us to a video. Cant wait to hear it.

[Sofa King]

I’ve been giving the window frames a liberal dose of silicone lubricant and they are sliding better. The motors are still a little slow, but that could be that the battery isn’t fully charged, and I haven’t tried them with the car running.

I will definitely post a video of it running as soon as I can!

[BDA]

I used talcum powder to "lubricate" my windows. Maybe I could have used something better but I didn't want to use something liquid. My windows move pretty slowly. I generally try to remember to roll them up or down when the engine is running and I goose it a little to get more voltage when I do.