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

[Jeff Ingraham <jeff_ingraham@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
  Bob is quite correct.  The 64-66 imps (not converts
as they used the older curved style) have the same
Sized glass which is interchangable.   I have one of
my 66 converts that has the "flat" front windshield
while the other two have the curved windshield   
It is almost imperceptible and I dare say 99.99% of
the US population would never know the difference if a
66 convert were parked there with the "flat"
windshield instead of the "curved" windshield.  
Also we needed a windshield for my brothers 60 4dr and
we had a derbier locally who was selling a 64 4dr
windshield so we installed the 64 windshield in the 60
and it fits erfectly.   
Not 100% correct but as I said almost unperceptible
unless the cars are parked next to each other and you
can see the slight curve outward.
Jeff


--- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
> 
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> > ----- 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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