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nabboy · 02-06-2021, 08:56 AM

I need to replace the windshield in my 29 Tudor. The only new replacements I find are aluminum. Does anyone have experience using the aluminum windshield?

katy · 02-06-2021, 11:16 AM

It must be hard to see through an aluminum windshield, I prefer glass.

Tinbasher · 02-06-2021, 11:20 AM

They work as a replacement, but their not close to being correct in shape. They will fill the opening and seal. But it's not accurate.

Bud · 02-06-2021, 12:17 PM

I had two windshields that were perfect and I tried to sell them on this forum and our club swap meet. I had priced them high, then lowered the price to what I thought was an acceptable level. No Model A owner would touch them. I ended up selling them on eBay. Found out later both were cut down for street rods. Next time I have a good windshield it will hang on a nail before I do that again.

ed thibodeau · 02-06-2021, 06:51 PM

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I have an aluminum windshield frame in my 31 pickup that i put in back back in the
late 90s. I dont remember what vendor i bought it from but it works and looks fine.
If I remember right I had to make a new pattern for the glass but it was not to
difficult. The pattern was different from the steel frame glass.

nabboy · 02-07-2021, 03:03 PM

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Thanks for the feedback.

02-06-2021, 08:56 AM	#1
nabboy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Lexington, IN Posts: 3	Aluminum windshields I need to replace the windshield in my 29 Tudor. The only new replacements I find are aluminum. Does anyone have experience using the aluminum windshield?

02-06-2021, 11:16 AM	#2
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,044	Re: Aluminum windshields It must be hard to see through an aluminum windshield, I prefer glass. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!

02-06-2021, 11:20 AM	#3
Tinbasher Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Innisfil, Ontario Canada Posts: 1,174	Re: Aluminum windshields They work as a replacement, but their not close to being correct in shape. They will fill the opening and seal. But it's not accurate.

02-06-2021, 12:17 PM	#4
Bud Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 819	Re: Aluminum windshields I had two windshields that were perfect and I tried to sell them on this forum and our club swap meet. I had priced them high, then lowered the price to what I thought was an acceptable level. No Model A owner would touch them. I ended up selling them on eBay. Found out later both were cut down for street rods. Next time I have a good windshield it will hang on a nail before I do that again.

02-06-2021, 06:51 PM	#5
ed thibodeau Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pinckney, Mich. Posts: 174	Re: Aluminum windshields + I have an aluminum windshield frame in my 31 pickup that i put in back back in the late 90s. I dont remember what vendor i bought it from but it works and looks fine. If I remember right I had to make a new pattern for the glass but it was not to difficult. The pattern was different from the steel frame glass.

02-07-2021, 03:03 PM	#6
nabboy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Lexington, IN Posts: 3	Re: Aluminum windshields Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks for the feedback.