Help!! Insurance not paying to fix!!!

you can get a lock strip,,at many places,,altho it will be a little more modern,

JC WHITNEY use to sell it,,you can get it on e bay,,,or at laysons,,

it was used on dodge/chevy pick ups and vans, in the late 1970s thru 1980s

your factory lock strip was covered with a sliver/chrome mylar tape and was as thin as the foil that chewing gum is wrapped in,,

the pick up stuff is chromed under the top coating or plastic lasts much longer and doesnt peel off like th mylar orignal stuff did,, you can probably pick it up for less then 50 bucks ,,
im trying to find one of my older gaskets i have a instruction from some one on what to clean the orignal wind shield gasket with to soften it up,,,
your local glass shop may be able to tell you what to do to soften it up, to reuse it,, or call one of the vendors,, like soft seal,,they may tell you since they cant sell you a gasket if it doesnt exsist