If you are planning on putting off the repair of the rust. I would suggest preventing the rust from getting worse with a product like POR-15 or something that will neutralize the rust until you can get it repaired. Chad 1973 Imp 1966 Galaxie XL --- "D. Dardalis" <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all. > I know this is a well explored subject lately, but > my issue is a bit > unique. My 68 sedan windshield has a huge crack all > along the width. It > doesn't bother me too much, but I will have to > replace it at some > point. Now, there is a windshield on e-bay that is > cheap ($50, is that > really cheap as the ad says?). However, here is my > dilemma. A couple of > years ago I had the old torn vinyl top re-done > (white color to protect me > from the Texas sun rather than black). The fellow > that did the job > discovered vast quantities of rust in the windshield > area. He sanded the > rust off on my instructions (had no $ to fix this > professionally) and he > attached the new vinyl material with some sealing > material where the vinyl > joins the windshield chrome, to prevent moisture > re-entering the gap. My > question is: if I replace the windshield now, will I > be forced to have the > rust fixed at the same time? Or is it possible to > replace the windshield, > re-apply the sealer, and defer the rust repair to > the future. Anybody with > prior experience with that please advise. Thanks. > D^2 > > >