Re: IML: '57-'66 ?windshield glass interchange? ?Really?!

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

So that means that the "flat" windshield will also fit the '64-'66 convertibles. I would not have guessed that.

Paul

In an email dated Tue, 1 2 2005 12:45:21 pm GMT, Jeff Ingraham <jeff_ingraham@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Hi,
> ?Bob is quite correct. ?The 64-66 imps (not converts
>as they used the older curved style) have the same
>Sized glass which is interchangable. ? I have one of
>my 66 converts that has the "flat" front windshield
>while the other two have the curved windshield ? 
>It is almost imperceptible and I dare say 99.99% of
>the US population would never know the difference if a
>66 convert were parked there with the "flat"
>windshield instead of the "curved" windshield. ?
>Also we needed a windshield for my brothers 60 4dr and
>we had a derbier locally who was selling a 64 4dr
>windshield so we installed the 64 windshield in the 60
>and it fits erfectly. ? 
>Not 100% correct but as I said almost unperceptible
>unless the cars are parked next to each other and you
>can see the slight curve outward.
>Jeff
>
>
>--- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hey Bob, 
>> 
>> That contradicts what all the books and everyone
>> says.
>> ?Seems to me that "somebody" would have gotten
>> inventive and spread the word before now based on
>> the
>> scarcity of the 57-63 glass?
>> 
>> Now, I'm not one to argue with a man who runs a
>> place
>> called Imperial Heaven, because the propietor could
>> be
>> logically called an imperial God, >>BUT<<, did I
>> read
>> correctly that you can fit a 1966 non-convertible
>> windshield into a 1960 frame/gasket?
>> 
>> 
>> I'll presume that there is some sort of difference? 
>> Perhaps the earlier ones had a curve at the top (my
>> '60's do) and the later ones were flat from top to
>> bottom in the center (I "think" my 64 is)?
>> 
>> Geez, it's dark out and now I am dying to go look at
>> the 60 and 64 that are parked next to each other....
>> 
>> You don't have some cars with empty front sockets to
>> hold an example up to just to make certain? ?Did you
>> already pull this one off?
>> 
>> Sorry to sound dumbfounded/skeptical, but that's
>> really big news if it is so.
>> 
>> ?
>> 
>> -Kenyon
>> 
>> 
>> --- Bob <impparts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> > The 1957 thru 1966 windshields will all
>> interchange.
>> > I have 57/66 imperials
>> > that have a mix match of windshield glass in them.
>> > Just my 2 cents.
>> > THANKS ?Bob H
>> 
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>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
>> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:52 AM
>> > Subject: Re: IML: '57-'66 Imperial wrap around
>> > windshield glass, hardtops &
>> > convertibles
>> > 
>> > 
>> > > There were two windshields. '57 through '63, and
>> > '64 through '66
>> > convertibles shared the same windshield. '64-'66
>> > hardtops had a windshield
>> > that was flat top to bottom, but still curved
>> around
>> > the sides.
>> > >
>> > > To say it another way, '57 through '66 are all
>> the
>> > same, except the '64
>> > through '66 hardtops. I have been told that they
>> > will interchange, but I
>> > have not tried it, and I don't know anyone who
>> has.
>> > Unless someone here has
>> > done it, I don't believe this is true.
>> > >
>> > > When you have a '65 Crown Four Door sitting next
>> > to a '62 LeBaron
>> > Southampton, you can easily see the difference.
>> > >
>> > > Paul
>> > >
>> > > In an email dated Tue, 1 2 2005 3:21:34 am GMT,
>> > "Wm. R. Ulman"
>> > <twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > >
>> > > >OK, let me get this right. '57-'63 Imperial
>> > windshield is the same all
>> > > >models, EXCEPT Convertible, which had a "bump"
>> at
>> > the top for wind
>> > > >deflection, or something along those lines. I
>> had
>> > a '60 vert with the
>> > > >correct windshield. Now I have a '66 vert, and
>> > you are saying that any
>> > > >HARDTOP windshield from '57-'66 will fit
>> > correctly? Did the '64-'66
>> > > >convertibles not have their own windshield as
>> in
>> > previous years? No
>> > "bump"?
>> > > >I got a small rock chip in mine, which I was
>> able
>> > to have filled, and you
>> > > >can't even notice it unless you look for it,
>> and
>> > stare at it, then you
>> > can
>> > > >see it was filled. It put me in mind to get a
>> > replacement at some point,
>> > > >but I was under the impression there was still
>> a
>> > convertible windshield
>> > in
>> > > >'66, but you could use a hardtop one (or sedan)
>> > if need be.
>> > > >
>> > > >Verification requested, please.
>> > > >
>> > > >Thanks,
>> > > >
>> > > >Bill Ulman
>> > > >Seattle, WA
>> > > >'66 Crown Convertible Coupe - Doris Day
>> > > >
>> > > >-----Original Message-----
>> > > >From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > >[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> > Behalf Of Tony Lindsey
>> > > >Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:06 PM
>> > > >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > >Subject: Re: IML: 63 Imp glass
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >On Jan 31, 2005, at 3:59 PM, A. Lance Espinosa
>> > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >> If you live in Florida come get it....
>> > > >> I have all the glass out of a 63 Salon New
>> > Yorker. I think the
>> > > >> windshields are a match. 98.6% sure.
>> > > >> If I dont have to shipp it $90.00.
>> > > >
>> > > >They are NOT the same, not at all. The '63
>> > Imperial windshield is the
>> > > >most common Imperial windshield ever, being
>> used
>> > from 1957-63 on all
>> > > >models, and from 64-66 on the convertibles.
>> > > >
>> > > >
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