Well the inlaws are offically home and I have more time again. It's nice having them here and the house felt strange after they went home, but it's nice to have the space back. The car has to go back to panel shop at the end of Feb to get some touch ups and the drivers door adjusted + the nose cone put back on. So before it goes back I want the glass in. I've also decided that I will leave the brake lines until after I get it back from the shop.

First order of business is I have to remove the old tint. Usually a dreaded job but I found a little trick online that I wanted to try.

The main thing you need for this trick to work is a hot day and a lot of sun - fortunately we have that in abundance at the moment. 


 
So first thing you do it soak the tint side of the window in water, the more the better. 
 

 
Then you chuck some thick black binbags over the glass, this heats everything up and steams/softens the glue to allow the tint to come off easily.
 

 
As you can see it comes off in one nice piece, no tearing, with minimal to zero glue residue. It also works better the longer you leave it, I left the rear screen the longest and it peeled off with only minor pressure and left the demister completely intact - well, mostly, the bottom two were already damaged from before the tinter got installed, so that needs repaired.
 

 
Next job is cleaning, polishing and repairing the bottom two filaments. Then it's glass back in time!
 
 
 

Nice one, and great timing, I need to do the same!
 
Regarding the damaged demister tracks, you could try repairing the tracks.
I've used conductive track repair pen for other applications, it would probably be fine on the glass.
Other options might be to sticking conductive thread on, or get copper tape:
 
here's some options from Core as an example
https://core-electronics.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=Conductive%20ink 

Mark , are you hiding your fuse box under the dash? As I'm doing the loom on my mk1 I thought I could either scan one or measure it and make a 3d printed block for it to mount, once done I can send you the file to modify on your favorite design site to work with your cars needs. If not I'll just keep for myself !!

Sweets ! I won't be starting my version till Sunday rvo after the small Ford day , it'll be a crazy 37deg so ain't hanging about to long!
I'll design mine from an original fuse block, whether it's going to be bolted to the kick panel in a place where the wires allow and access.
I've already done the ECU box, it's the size of a Marlboro packet for when I convert to efi

Well the temp for the small Ford day has dropped to 33 which is more gooder. So Mark, I designed my fuse block mount and nearly got it right first go, 4 goes later here it is ..

Oh no quick, take that side glass out again, forgot to install the hood liner, I'm sure the longer hooks around the window seam.
I think the design is the best part of printing, your bkt looks beef enough and solid plus rivnuts it ain't moving nowhere!

Awesome work Mark, its coming along nicely.
Thanks for the tip on the glass polishing, I've got a couple of light scratches in my front passenger window and being factory tint I'm not likely to find another one in a hurry let alone in any better condition.
 I'll be interested to see the install of the electric A/C. I've got a factory A/C mine but the compressor has always being a sticking point of getting it operational. The left hand mounted type clashes with the carbs and the right hand mount was designed for a manifold not headers. It clears but only just, plan was to modify the mounts but I've just never gotten around to it. An electric one would solve all of that.