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Windshield Code Value
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Windshield Code Value
I have an all original 1965 convertible 327/300 h.p. I have owned the automobile for 32 years & am getting it painted again after 30 years. The windshield is in bad shape & it will be replaced. Can anyone give me their opinion on a date coded windshield & non-date coded windshield. Does a non date coded windshield affect the value? I have the original engine & transmission. Thanks.
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Dates on the windshield is really only looked at by a very few people. To have one dated does not cost that much more
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Windshield Code Value
Living in Las Vegas, I can get a replacement with the proper tinting for $140. The price for the date code from an out of state outlet with shipping would be $510. Quite the difference.
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http://www.pilkington.com/en/automot...ss-replacement
Find a way to buy from them. The catch is you need a commercial adress to get one shipped My dad got a dated one shipped for around 200 bucks
Find a way to buy from them. The catch is you need a commercial adress to get one shipped My dad got a dated one shipped for around 200 bucks
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I think the difference of $370 on a number-matching '65 Corvette is insignificant.
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How many times have you needed correctly dated glass in the last 32 years? Got a new hobby that requires date coded glass?
if not....
$140 is pretty compelling to me...
How many times have you needed correctly dated glass in the last 32 years? Got a new hobby that requires date coded glass?
if not....
$140 is pretty compelling to me...
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I've bought glass from these people, Auto City Classic.
http://www.autocityclassic.com/1963-...e-convertible/
They can date code it for you. I personally would buy the date coded one
What I have done both when I lived in Maryland and now that I live in Florida is to pick up the glass at a swap meet.
They will "deliver" it to the meet FREE.
You can pick it up.Chuck
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That is correct. Nobody, LOF or Pilkington makes a correct tinted windshield................
I've bought glass from these people, Auto City Classic.
http://www.autocityclassic.com/1963-...e-convertible/
They can date code it for you. I personally would buy the date coded one
What I have done both when I lived in Maryland and now that I live in Florida is to pick up the glass at a swap meet.
They will "deliver" it to the meet FREE. You can pick it up.
Chuck
I've bought glass from these people, Auto City Classic.
http://www.autocityclassic.com/1963-...e-convertible/
They can date code it for you. I personally would buy the date coded one
What I have done both when I lived in Maryland and now that I live in Florida is to pick up the glass at a swap meet.
They will "deliver" it to the meet FREE.
You can pick it up.Chuck
I ran up the website. Good price. I'll see if they can arrange the same shipping scenario to my body/paint man.
Thanks, Jim