A pillar Trim install trick and general reassembly help

[lucky14]

Well sorry for the long absence....

Since I last posted (last summer) the GN is now has a full body resto!

Paint by Dillon

Anyone in the Central VA area... needs to see Bob Dillion (no joke his name)
He is in the Richmond area.


Within a few days of getting her back I had to hurry and put her all together as we moved from VA to Pittsburgh, PA.


I hated rushing... but I didn't have a choice


She is now back home in our new home but not 100%

I need help with:


1) Whats the trick to reinstalling the A pillar trim, that runs the length of the A pillar and then behind the dash a little?


2) Anyone have any clue what shims and stops go where on the window regulators? I marked the shims and stops but they don't seem to make sense how I numbered them. I couldn't adjust the windows tight to my new weatherstripping. I know some of it is becuase I put it together enough to drive it 6 hours and that I need to replace the regulators as the center pivot is way to worn. So does anyone have a parts picture of the door/regulator or body manual?

 

[Red Regal T]

I think on the A pillar moulding, shove it in place down by the dash first and I think you have to bend it so you can insert the other end in the moulding at the top of the window opening. Window adjustment is just a matter of trial and error.

 

[lucky14]

yeah I know the actual regulator adjustment is trail and error... I do enought of that at work with handbuilt coachwork cars...

but I was hoping for the correct shim and stop postions (the "L" and Sloted metal shims with the fuzzy scrapers on them.


Thanks on the A pillar trim I was trying that method before... not much sucess... might try it again after the plastic heats up on the driveway when I get the car out of storage/.

 

[Red Regal T]

Every car has different adjustments, basically. I think I have mine pushed up as tightly as possible to the glass, but that doesn't say it will work for your car.

Probably warming up those pieces will make them more pliable. You're right.