[VACList] Replacing windows in a 1968

["goldens510@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <goldens510@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm wondering whether anyone has any advice for me before I try to 
install two new (old) windows in my '68 Safari.  (One to fill a gaping 
hole left last fall when somebody tried to break in and one to replace a 
plastic one.) 

First question: there are two metal clips that attach to the bottom of the 
glass to secure the window closed.  One of the windows I'm looking to 
install is off a '67, so it doesn't have the metal trim that my '68 does;
the 
clips are fastened right on the glass.  These clips are badly rusted, and 
I'd like to remove them.  Any suggestions on how I might accomplish 
this?  Brute force isn't really an option, given the fragility of the glass 
they're attached to.

Secondly, I just finished prying the bits of broken glass out of my old 
clips, and I didn't get the impression that there was room for anything in 
there except the glass and this old rotted fabric that happened to be in 
there too.  Yet the bottom section of the replacement metal trim I bought 
from Inland is in one piece, and the trim on the second replacement 
window doesn't have any gap for the clips either (this one didn't come 
with clips).  This indicates that the clips must go OVER the trim, but 
they sure as heck don't want to.  Are they really supposed to fit over the 
trim?  

Any other hints for this project also welcome.  I do have the manual that 
explains how to do it in theory (it says I can pop right down to my dealer 
to get the replacement glass!), but real-world advice is always nice.  I 
am in mortal dread of screwing up and breaking them before I even get 
them installed!

Thanks

Amanda