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

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

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











> ----- 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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