Re: IML: '57-'66 Imperial wrap around windshield glass, hardtops & convertibles

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

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
>
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>[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tony Lindsey
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>
>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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