Abstract: The glass panel of a windshield is installed in an opening of the sheet metal car body by first placing on the edge of the sheet metal about the opening an elongated sealing strip of hook-shaped cross section and laminar structure, a core layer of metal being enveloped between two surface layers of elastomeric material. The sheet metal edge is received in the groove of a channel portion of the sealing strip, and a plate portion projects at right angles from the channel portion forward and outward of the opening, thereby permitting the glass panel to be placed in abutting engagement with the channel portion. The part of the plate portion projecting forward beyond the glass panel is enveloped in a loop-shaped rubber tube and folded over on the glass panel by inflating the tube. The folded-over strip firmly holds the glass panel under the pressure of the metal core.