Bent windshield frame - help appreciated

I would not rule out a donor replacement - even if it were a splice repair into your w/s frame.

 

Unless of course, that's the 'look' he is wanting to maintain...just making a usable windshield,

 

Do as Mark suggests but use a sandbag (or some semi-soft substance) instead of backing it with something hard.....to straighten but not stretch the metal. should make it useable.

 

(can't get a real good feel for the bend from that picture)

 

 

If you have a Willy s you need to learn to paint,Weld,work metal. If its mine, I would start by sand blasting the frame, welding up the holes, and working the Metal.

inch by inch everything is a cinch.

Jerry San Diego

You can flatten out the corner. Get a flat block of thick wood under the corner and work it slowly here and there until it's back in shape. An old big kingpin will sit right next to the shouldered lip at the step and hammer on it against the wood block under. You won't miss and hit the lip the rubber fits on that way. Wood will give a little where metal blocks won't. Metal to metal also flattens and stretches the thin windshield metal. That stretch creates more material and it will oil can or form a wave. To shrink, you heat the stretched area until glowing hot and dolly it a bit, then air hose it cool. You won't believe how much it moves. You will win.