Joe, Re the rear window. Mine is fried as well. Both paint shops said they'd need to pull the rear glass and sandblast it. One of the fellas suggested that I simply caulk around the chrome trim for the time being. I did. First I had to dig out the old broken clips, installed new ones, fit the moulding back on and used a clear outdoor silicone caulk. It took it about a week to dry clear ( that's what the label said )and now it's barely noticeable. The vibration back there is noticeable though! I like the idea of a drain. I'll mention that to whom ever gets to do the paint work.
I check the weather too. Yesterday, I foolishly decided to drive the Chevelle to the next town over ( Rochester about 70 miles one way )on business and got caught in steady rain on the way home. It wasn't so foolish though.At my first client visit, the proprietor of an engine shop literally crawled into my trunk and squared away my trunk latch problem. The second visit was a screw machine shop I was setting up a pension for. The guys loved the car and I think they listened to my presentation more closely because I was a get-your-hands-dirty kind of guy and not some slick insurance salesman driving a Cadillac ( like their last pension guy was). So hey, maybe the resto of my '67 ought be a bonafide buisness expense. Don't think I haven't thought of making up some vinyl " High Performance Pension" decals for nights at the track!
But I digress, yeah that ring that you got off with your fingers is the one I was talking about. Now take out the screws ( not bolts like I said earlier ) that hold the dash pad on ( the pad on top ). Don't forget the two on the outside edges near the doors. Once this is off you can access all the switches and such. I took mine off twice, once for the ignition switch and the second time to replace my wiper switch. The second time though, I did everthing else I needed to in there, speaker replace ( BTW AM radio sucks unless you like talk or really tinny C/W ), pulled the cig lighter to clean it, etc, just so I wouldn't have to do it again.
My wipers work fine but they don't shut off! The shop checked the park thing and it worked once at the shop and then bam, on a sunny Sunday, they began to work again. It's not the switch. It's something more funky. I should post it to see if anyone alse had the same problem. Anyway good luck n talk to ya soon.
Edit - Joe, I forgot to mention that my dash support braces weren't hooked up when I did this so it was relatively easy to open up the gap between the dash and the top. Now that they're installed it might be more difficult. You might want to drop your center brace for this.
[This message has been edited by Gene Chas (edited 08-11-99).]