help with supply of windscreen glass for a 56 oval

rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 · 5 Feb 2009, 5:14 pm

#693565

Hi
Does anyone know if you can these from somewhere. As my windscreen guy said the latest one he can get is a 58 glass. So would have to be cut to fit.

Thanks
Rose

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Feb 2009, 5:22 pm

#693566

ask Boris

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rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 · 5 Feb 2009, 5:22 pm

#693567

will do

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Feb 2009, 5:23 pm

#693569

u may have to come down Saturday

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

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rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 · 5 Feb 2009, 5:28 pm

#693572

We are having our Dyno Day on Sat silly billy

vw54 wrote:u may have to come down Saturday

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 5 Feb 2009, 9:02 pm

#693620

rose wrote:Hi
Does anyone know if you can these from somewhere. As my windscreen guy said the latest one he can get is a 58 glass. So would have to be cut to fit.

Thanks
Rose

My Son Scott had to have one made for His Oval...
a few years ago...
it took the Windscreen Obrien man a few goes to cut it correctly...
He didn't cut it from another windscreen...
laminated glass...

Maybe windscreen Obrien carry the laminated auto glass.??

Haven't a clue how much it would be...

get a heap made and sell them...
I suppose they make a template...??

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

BUGBOY Moderator Chief Toy Dude / Head Cruiser

2,147 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Feb 2009, 7:48 am

#693678

I have a few in stock but I'm Victoria, so transport would be a problem.

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ratbug aka toddy101

439 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 6 Feb 2009, 10:18 am

#693698

Is it dead flat? If so, Koala glass is the place to go, they can cut to size.. Even some guys from Sydney go there to get their windscreens for their buggies.

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rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 · 6 Feb 2009, 1:03 pm

#693714

Boris has one for me. Just have to get down there now for the guys to fit it for me.

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679 posts · joined May 2008 · 6 Feb 2009, 6:21 pm

#693766

Rose, give Ralph Moore auto glass a call...... at Mascot, he holds lots of stuff at very good prices.
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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Feb 2009, 8:51 pm

#693798

ratbug wrote:Is it dead flat? If so, Koala glass is the place to go, they can cut to size.. Even some guys from Sydney go there to get their windscreens for their buggies.

Yes they are dead flat....
not like the 68> beetles which are NOT flat...

I bought My windscreen from Koala Glass...

I think they were at Sandgate... ?? NSW

Best price I could get...

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 · 6 Feb 2009, 9:16 pm

#693801

Cost doesn't matter as Shannons are paying due to me getting a big chip in it.

I will just have to wait a few weeks for Boris at Vintage Vee Dub to be in the workshop one Sat to fit it for me, as he is a very busy man.

68AutoBug wrote:
ratbug wrote:Is it dead flat? If so, Koala glass is the place to go, they can cut to size.. Even some guys from Sydney go there to get their windscreens for their buggies.
Yes they are dead flat....
not like the 68> beetles which are NOT flat...

I bought My windscreen from Koala Glass...

I think they were at Sandgate... ?? NSW

Best price I could get...

LEE

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Feb 2009, 9:47 pm

#693806

Carnt do it untill first Sat in March too much on

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Feb 2009, 11:30 am

#693886

rose wrote:Cost doesn't matter as Shannons are paying due to me getting a big chip in it.
I will just have to wait a few weeks for Boris at Vintage Vee Dub to be in the workshop one Sat to fit it for me, as he is a very busy man.

Hi Rose,
it must have been a big stone Rose, as a small flat windscreen held in rubber - is pretty vibration free...

back in the early 70s with the safety glass windscreens which used to shatter on impact from a stone..
You could buy a suction cup device which was supposed to take any vibrations from a stone hitting the windscreen

I think they really worked... unless of course a stone did hit Your windscreen.... 😂😂😂
then they fell to the floor - along with the rest of the windscreen...😂😂🤓

so, We went from Safety glass [no seat belts] to Laminated glass [with seat belts]

cheers

LEE

68AutoBug wrote:
ratbug wrote:Is it dead flat? If so, Koala glass is the place to go, they can cut to size.. Even some guys from Sydney go there to get their windscreens for their buggies.
Yes they are dead flat....
not like the 68> beetles which are NOT flat...

I bought My windscreen from Koala Glass...

I think they were at Sandgate... ?? NSW

Best price I could get...

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Feb 2009, 11:32 am

#693887

vw54 wrote:Can't do it untill first Sat in March too much on

No worries..
Ian can fit it..

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desh Wolfsburg Wizard

463 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 7 Feb 2009, 11:51 am

#693890

I hope it is not considered rude of me to ask, but what does a front windscreen and seal for a Beetle cost?

Even just a PM with the answer is fine, thanks.

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Kind Regards
Des

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 · 7 Feb 2009, 2:34 pm

#693909

try a place that replaces truck windscreens as they are usually flat and they can cut you one from a sample (from a used truck screen with a corner fracture) and if your lucky you can get one with shading across the top.

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lohoon Wolfsburg Wizard

466 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 7 Feb 2009, 8:18 pm

#693962

I got a winscreen made from a local glasscutter and it didn't fit! So i took it to Windscreen obrien and he had a few goes at making it fit.It turns out the glass wasn't the proper thickness for front glass anyway.Sooo i know have that as a template for another time i need a front windscreen.
Fitting is quite easy guys.Only takes about half hour.If your rubber has a chrome strip it is a little fiddleyer. Front window rubbers are less than $100. I think the oval front screen rubber is the same as 68 front window.WCM
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