About to give up

I'm done I have bought every variation of this seal I can find. The latest from Ron Fitzpatrick.  It fit the downward turn the best. But when installed there was a 1/4" gap at the back edge between the seal and the top of the cowl. I cut strips of 1/4" T Neoprene foam and carpet taped them to the back edge of the seal tapering them into the curve. This resulted in a decent seal. I would really prefer a original style seal with the bigger heavier front lip but the seals that have this are otherwise misshapen. My  windshield appears to be offset to the right about an 1/8"  making the clamps a PITA to lock down. I'm toying with the idea of some sealer on the top edge.

Its time to move on.

Several years ago, I was restoring my Jaguar. There was only one supplier in the world that made the seals for the front 1/4 windows and they were wrong. When they made the molds, they forgot to include a lip on the inside. This made the seal absolutly useless. With the glass installed, I had about a 1/4-1/8" gap.

To fill the void, I used 3M windshield urethane. I discovered that it would not stick to vinyl electrical tape. I masked off the sealing surfaces that I did not want it to stick to, roughed up the rubber seal, filled the void with urethane, locked down the glass, wiped away the excess and let it sit for a week to cure. It bonded to the rubber seal but not to the tape. I had to work in sections or I would have never been able to break the glass free. The end result was a form fitted seal that does not let wind or water in. 

Micah

Here's several pics of my 3B windshield seal and forward hinge pivot for comparison, dang it just remove you head and hold it sideways to clearly see the top three pics.