Windshields - 3 types

Ha!  Just noticed your Quick Reference guide and my question has been answered.  Nice work and sorry 'bout that!  Now I just need to find one of those buggers - any ideas on that?!  Thanks again.

Scott

#16279 (intermediate windshield) has tabs on both ends of outer frame.

Oddly, the inner frame has only 1 notch (on the drivers side), so the passenger side tab is useless.

Sean


Edited by sean - 29 May 2007 at 11:43am

Gary:

That tab holds the inner frame centered in the outer frame, once the hinge halves are mated.  The tab fits the notch in the inner frame hinge half.

They are normally bent inwards a bit, preventing the inner frame from shifting left-right, and have to be bent out again in order to slide the inner frame out.  I can see where they might break off during disassembly.

Sean

PS, did you get lots of photos of the "Chrysler" '45?  I find myself picking it apart already, with just the corner of the W/S frame showing.   I thought with all their money they would have done better.



Edited by sean - 28 May 2007 at 2:39pm

I think I've solved the riddle of the no-backstop windshield frames:

Early frames w/MB style adjusters don't have them.  They are not needed as the windshield adjusters themselves provide a positive stop.

Lollipop adjusters don't have a built-in stop, so the backstop brackets were added to the lower frame tube.

The parts lists don't reflect this change, since the backstop brackets were not available separately, only as part of the outer frame.

Takes us back to 3 styles.

Sean

Ever notice the tiny distributors that the 45 2A's had vs the WWll and later 2A's? 

Gary:

Well, I don't know for sure.  I've read the comments on the ivory knob, and I've been meaning to mention this EVENTUALLY, so this sounds like a good time.

The ENTIRE shift lever in Matts #10371 does NOT look like all the others I've seen.  It may not be original.

Sean


Edited by sean - 22 Nov. 2006 at 4:12pm

Well, the lack of backstop bumpers would seem to be correct for early windshields.  Aside from Garys & Bills, take another look at connomans awesome "barn find".  First photo that Gary posted for him:

     S/N 10371 Barn find

No backstop brackets.

Sean

I have the jeep here but it looks nothing like that now. I have the original dealers invoice and transfer of ownership documents from WO to Gus. I spoke to the original owners son who then sent the picture. As a child, he was kidnapped when the Lindburg child was. Dad, the driver, was a famous radio show producer. They picked the jeep up and although the Capstan winch and driveshaft guards aren't on the invoice, they were put on as a gift. The owner and Charlie Sorenson, head of WO at the time both signed and dated the picture. Supposedly there is another w/ Charlie handing the keys to Gus in front of the jeep. They drove the jeep home to CT. It took two days. The caretaker, the second owner says he's looking for the original title and told me that the drum pully on the invoice was a fiber one.   Gus, the owner/driver, did two shows a week in Detroit. Although he was a radio show producer he was trained as an engineer, in his home country, and only took the radio show job in Detroit so he could visit the vehicle assembly lines. He was friends w/ Sorenson and Bunky Knudsen. I still need a few things to start the resto, like the handcrank, drivers side seat and the driveshaft guards. It has 26K on the odometer and I've spoken to all the owners or family family members. 

My 10043 has no bump stops either. Sounds like the first configuration and their are 4 now.

Edited by Oakes - 21 Nov. 2006 at 10:21am