39 Split windshield center piece (photo)

[DKelly]

Hi all;
    Cand someone educate me on how this goes together? The plain strip you see is the 16 inch piece with the screws in that I have to make because I worked on it awhile ago and promptly lost it. I have resigned myself to making one  tho my shop is now spotless. If someone could tell me the order that it is placed would be greatly appreciate it. I also have a a wiring chart that shows guage and color of the wiring for this 39 S61 touring sedan that I can send anyone that might want it. I can't seem to post a quality picture of it so it you pm me with an email address I'll gladly sent it to you. Engine and dash.
Thanks
DK

[DKelly]

For some reason I can't post photos

[Stefan Bartelski (CLC Webmaster)]

Please explain "can't post photos" in more detail, i.e how were your tring to post a photo and what error message do you get

[DKelly]

Thanksforthe reply,I have tried dragging and droppingand and opening the folder and inserting. I resized them to 800x600. The post seems to load them ok but when i preview the post i just see the boxes no photos. I sent the post anyway but no photos showed up.
Thanks
DK

[Stefan Bartelski (CLC Webmaster)]

When you say drag and drop, are you dropping them on the "Click or drag files here to attach them" box? Or click on the box and navigate to the folder on your computer where you have stored your images. Select the images that you want, up to 10. 

Try that, it should also work when you Modify a post, to add pictures after the fact. Let me know if that solves the issue for you.

Stefan

[DKelly]

Ihave donethatboth ways.
It works now thanksa bunch

[Tom Boehm]

Hello DKelly, Here are pictures of my 1940 Lasalle 50 series. 1939 series 61 should be the same. There are two outside pieces and one inside piece. On the outside, the threads are attached to a separate strip underneath the top one. The threads go through holes in the top strip. These two strips are spot welded together and then the assembly is welded to the car. On the inside, the threaded hole is for the rear view mirror. That hole goes closer to the roof. Don't install it upside down. There is a separate small trim piece that covers the gap between the vertical and the two ends of the windshield molding. The screws that hold the inside and outside vertical pieces together are chrome plated oval head phillips head machine thread. The windshield molding is attached by the same except sheet metal thread. This is one of the very few places on the car where phillips head is correct. The stainless decorative piece snaps on over the two outside strips without any fasteners. In your picture, the two lower black pieces do not look familiar.
Let me know if you still have questions.

[Tom Boehm]

Here are two pages from the 1939-1940 fisher body manual. This is the only place I know of in factory literature where this part is mentioned.

[DKelly]

Thanks Tom, always bailing me out. Here are some more pics. It is a little different than yours, i think. The piece with the studs has to be made by me that is the flat piece of metal in the pic. I looks like yours goes inside out where mine looks opposite. The windshield might have been replaced at one time by somone. The black weatherstrip is from my purchase of the weatherstrip and center pieces from caddy daddy. I'm not sure if the piece with the raised center goes on the inside or outside to split the center. The chrome cap does snap over the metal strip on the car. The metal strip has 4 holes in it that are not tapped, I figure that is where the studs pass through. It also looks to me to pass through from the outside in, in my pictures where yours looks to be from the inside out. This shouldn't be that difficult to figure out but I guess for me it is.
Thanks
DK

[Tom Boehm]

Is your car a 61 series?

[DKelly]

yes
39 touring