First Build: '71 Nova

[RayTx]

The flush mount method I intend to use is as follows: move stock windshield up to the top of the window frame, leaving a 3/16 - 1/4" gap for urethane, then fab and weld in sheet metal fillers on the sides and bottom. Might buy a shrinker/stretcher It's much cheaper and far more likely to work correctly than custom glass. I still have the stock windshield for testing unless the cracks give way. The one thing you have to compensate for is that replacement glass will be a bit thinner than '71 spec. I saw this on a linked article for a ridetech car I think. Since the factory window seal is hiding under the trim, you wouldn't know it was bad until it's too late, which is what happened to this car, so I want to avoid that for myself and/or the person I sell the car to down the road...if I sell it, huge if. This has been a fun learning experience, I've never done any of this before.