[DeTomaso] Windshield availablility

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/23/11 13 45 39, dakelm at qwest.net writes:


> Which one of our vendor(s) is selling windshield glass? Either OEM or
> glue-in versions. Are there various producers or is everyone selling glass
> from the same source?
> 

Well, they all can *get* windshields, only some of them stock them.

Pantera East was selling windshields by the OEM supplier (or rather, the 
Finnish subsidiary of the original German supplier).   Wilkinson is selling 
windshields made by Pilkington, which is a UK company and supplier to many of 
the OEMs around the world, with factories all over the world.   The 
Pilkington Pantera windshields are made in Mexico, by hand, and are of the absolute 
highest quality.

You can't go wrong with either of those.

I'm not a fan at all of the glue-in screens.   Both Hall's and Wilkinson's 
molds got messed up when somebody miscalculated the opening size, and as a 
result they have a big black band all the way around them, which reduces the 
aperture unnecessarily.   Plus, I happen to like the classic look of the 
rubber molding and metal trim, but that's an aesthetic judgement.

Mike