Mounting for an automotive window panel

An improved mounting system for attaching an automotive window panel to a window regulating mechanism for raising and lowering the window panel, comprising:

• a window panel mounting bracket for connecting the window panel to the window regulating mechanism having a horizontal base member and a pair of leg members having an outer surface and extending upwardly from said base member forming a generally U-shaped channel for receiving a bottom edge of the window panel, each of said upwardly extending leg members having at least one opening therein for receiving a curable adhesive applied between the bottom edge of the window panel and said mounting bracket to adhesively hold the window panel in said generally U-shaped channel, and a sufficient amount of said curable adhesive being applied to thereby form a supplemental mechanical interlock with the mounting bracket upon curing of the adhesive, wherein excess adhesive escaping through said openings is spread across the outer surface of said leg members to build-up and reinforce said leg members and at the same time to enhance the mechanical interlock provided by said adhesive.