fitting a 1929 Roadster windshield - help please
My Uruguayan Roadster had a rather poor home-made windscreen frame which was mounted on a set of brass after-market stanchions which mimicked the 30 -31 hinged arrangement.
Ken Bradley has sent to me a very sound 29 frame, and I'm 'dry fitting' it to the car, using new stanchions from Mac's. To my surprise, the stanchions fit by plugging onto the uprights (ram horns) at each end of the cowl, and then set down so that the mounting holes line up. The windshield frame has proper (original) studs and frame cones which are a tight fit in the stanchion post sockets.
Compared to the home-made windshield, the replacement is about 3/4 inch or more above the cowl edge, and as shown in the photo, the partly fitted lower rubber gasket just reaches the cowl. Does this seem right? Advice gratefully received.
(the photo shows the rubber gasket to the right and the large gap is evident in front of the steering wheel. Only the stanchions have an initial coat of primer and black paint, a blanket covers the cowl)
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