Front Windshield Glass / Gasket

[elemgee]

I need to replace the front windshield on my 96 SVX and am running into a problem. I found a place that can actually get the windshield, but there is a plastic gasket that runs around the perimeter of the windshield that seems impossible to get. I'm not sure if its part of the windshield or a separate part, but my windshield guy says that its simply not available. I thought maybe it could just be detached from my windshield and re-used, but it doesn't look like its something that detaches from the windshield. Anyone else have this problem and any ideas where to get this gasket? Thanks.

Larry