fitting a 1929 Roadster windshield - help please

[Richard Redmond]

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)

[Randy in ca]

Richard, here's a picture of mine (all original parts) with some approximate measurements to both the flat part of the top cowl bar as well as to the top of the interior dash panel. Hard to tell from your picture if the interior panel is in place or not.

Also took some measurements of the windshield posts themselves, which as far as I can see, would be the only thing that could affect where the frame itself is positioned (assuming the stud is in the correct place on the frame). From the center of the windshield stud hole to the center of the top mounting hole on the post I get about 13-1/8".

I don't have any rubber to try out, but from memory would guess that the rubber strip should just clear the flat part of the cross bar. Let us know how you make out.

[Richard Redmond]

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Hi Randy - thanks so much for your reply, which has been helpful and reassuring.

Got out my tape measure and all my measurements check out with yours - 13 1/8" from stud centre to top mounting bolt of the stanchion, and 3/8" from shield to dash rail and 3/4" from shield to cowl lip.

I've added some more photos with the rubber gasket fully installed but pinned back with a paper clip at my passenger side (RHD). Red primer shows on the inside of the stanchion. the screw holes are empty at the edge of the dash rail and the the white mark on the dash rail is a scuff mark made by the old windshield in my new black paint job - as the old shield was clearly sitting far too low.

All is well and i'll go ahead with smoothing the shield. priming it and getting glass cut. Thanks.