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Measurement of windscreen glass

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Jedi Knight
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I am wondering if and how much my windscreen frame is bent, and was hoping a fellow member might have some glass out of the frame they could measure. As it is, I cannot get my hood on because in the middle the gap is too small, assuming its either bent back a bit or sitting in the rubber in a strange manner. Does anyone have a windscreen they could measure, putting a straight edge from upper corner to corner, and see how deep the arc of the glass is? With that I can compare to my frame and get an idea of where my problem lies.
thanks!
 
Ok the best I could do
your going to need some ship building skills
i clamped a very straight board across my top portion of the frame
I used the lift the dots as regency pionts to get center
measuring from the inboard edge of the frame to the edge of the board
the curve is a decreasing arch.
i stationed some measurements from the driver side lift the dot
station 0 = 0”
station 2 @ 6” = 0.25”
station 3 @ 12” =0.55”
station 4 @ 16” = 0.75”
station 5 @ 21” = 0.80


So what I would do is
on a 1x4 inch board is mark center on 42”
then mark the stations on th edge
take a square mark the pulled station measurements.
the find a thin piece of flexible wood or whatever batten
put finish nails at the pulled station measurements and put the batten against the stations
mark the curve cut it out with a jig saw and bobs your uncle F015CDF5-0404-4B07-94AB-3C88BBD0B3CC.jpg0D108541-7396-4911-8C9F-EE22254DC907.jpg
 
For the cowl contact area of the frame that would need to be done off the car can’t help there but the same strategy would apply
and it is a different curve .
 
Dang SD, thats rad, thanks for the work on that! I owe you a beer!
 
Glad I could help
didnt think I would use old sail boat building skills again.
thank uncle George not me
He had the plans drawn on the white painted wood floor next to the boat
called it a lofting floor it was an amazing thing to watch him pull measurements
from it .
 
Are you looking for the bottom or top curve?? I have a BE frame sitting in the corner that I could have a look at.
 
Top curve, but I think SD got me some good info. I have a spare frame that I just laid on the concrete slab in the garage and took a measurement on that, and came up with about 1" of curve. Any chance you can see what yours has Joe?
 
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