New idea for flush mount windshield

[parsonsj]

OK, time to update what we found with the flush mount idea using Percy's HP Speedglass.



The windshield works fine, once we dropped the idea of using urethane adhesive. You must use butyl. The window needs to be trimmed carefully, and you might need to use some screws to hold the window in place while the butyl is setting up.

The back window did not work. The 'set' of the lexan was too bowed, and it sat too high in the middle and "dug in" on the sides. The way to make it work would be to use spacers to keep the window from digging in on the sides and screws to hold it down until the glue sets. If the window more exactly matched the contour of the car, it would work easily. As it is, we stopped, and re-grouped. After much discussion, Frank and I agreed that I should go back to traditional glass, gaskets, and trim.

Percy's expects the use of screws to keep the glass in, and doesn't make the contour of the window conform exactly enough to the body for it to work easily. That's true with my Nova body ... it may be that other body styles have better conformance and will have an easier timer of it.

The look of the flush mount was a consideration too. I must say it didn't quite look right to me, though that may be the frustration of a wasted day wrestling with it.

Oh well. Sorry for the long time needed to get an partial answer to this question.

jp

[paul67]

I watched a canadian program called how its made , they showed how they curved the windscreen glass, they made a pattern the same curve as was needed, then sat the flat glass on top and heated it evenly with with blow torches as the glass heated it then sank to the disired profile, if this could be done with an over size glass then trimed to suit. Just a thought. If used a second hand screen from a scrap car should not cost much to do , as the pattern seemed to be made of wood.

[GRider68]

How about this one. I am trying to contact the builder now