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The fins were originally just a natural finish. I just take a sanding block and clean them up, that way it has the original look.

We use the Stealth 340, their a lot quieter.

This is what we make and install. We are now starting to make it for those that want to use their factory frame rails and not our full frame assy. We've also changed the design of how the upper control arm bolts on. It dosen't have slots like Rod and Custom, bur uses regular shims. I'll have pictures of the new design next week http://www.mustangstofear.com/page.php?page=parts_catalog&yr=67-68&cat=suspension&scat=front_subframes∏=short_front_subframe_assembly

Dave's template only shows the distance front to back on the brackets, which is all fine. The most important thing is the angle of the glass, without that you'll have a hard time adjusting the pitch of the glass.

Well, since being in the glass business for the last 43 years, I've seen just about every type of glass breakage this is. I would probably disclaim the the compression stress since I've seen tempered glass blow out and hit the pavement at 60 mph and never break. When I tighten up the channel I'm not trying to make it touch the glass, I'm just leaving a smaller gap for the urethane to fill. This also keeps the glass in better alignment.

Any tempered glass can break due to extreme hot or cold, it disturbs the molecules. Take a car that's been sitting out in the hot sun and hit it with cold water and see what happens.

Not true at all. It would require chipping the edge to cause it to break. Besides, it's going to have urethane all the way around the glass.

You can also put the channel in a vise and squeeze it a little tighter, there by eliminating the spacers on the sides.

I'm sure your going to end up with a shaded windshield. Years ago you had 3 options, shaded which has a dark band at the top and the rest of the windshield is tinted. next was just strictly a tinted windshield, and last was just the clear. The majority of people always refer to a shaded windshield as " tinted "

Even when we use to set the windshields on 5/16 butyl, we always still back filled them with urethane all the way around. Just setting a windshield on butyl is a guaranteed leak.

Don't mistake bedding compound with 3M ribbon caulk, they are entirely different. 69-70 windshields were installed ribbon caulk.

The problem with using the 2 part Epoxy, is that it's to rigid. That was the same problem with the old style mixing cups. Urethane works much better.

almost all glass manufacturers stop making clear windshields decades ago. Most customers prefer the tinted glass, much easier on the eyes.

There have been plenty of law suits over the years starting in the 80's. I don't think you could find a glass company dumb enough to use it now days. That's also one of the reasons why I seal between the glass and the gaskets on the 65-68 with urethane. I could care less how Ford did it or how the purist think it should be done.

Glass shops aren't using urethane because it's faster, it's because they would be setting themselves up for a law suit. I could install a windshield with a butyl just as fast as I could with urethane. There are tons of professionals that can't install glass correctly, let alone someone that's never done it before.

That's because it would be a major law suit, even if it came that way from the factory.

I have a finger guide on my tip and apply the urethane to the glass. You also have to use a high viscosity urethane so the glass won't settle. Stay away from the 3M junk.

I ONLY use urethane when installing the 69-70 windshields. I wouldn't recommend it for a amateur only a professional who knows what he's doing.

I've been in the auto glass business for 43 years, and unfortunately all the major glass manufacturers have oversea plants. The only wat to really tell if it's made in the states is by the DOT on the glass. This will tell you what country it was made in. The PPG glass fits fine, but I prefer my Carlite.

Those are NAGS part numbers. Every glass shop in the world uses them.

The fastback takes a DW 738 windshield and the coupe and convertible takes a DW 739

I use urethane.

Looks similar to what TMI was trying to do and it turned out looking bad.

They make that part new with the clips. I'm pretty sure I have a good used one.

I believe you can get them from NPD.