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Post by winger32 on Feb 7, 2015 12:48:21 GMT -5
On the Facebook page one of the users had a picture of a printed article that states the windshields for both were from a 63-67 corvette coupe! Any thoughts or has someon tried it/ the outcome
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Post by Eric A on Feb 7, 2015 12:56:01 GMT -5
It's not. If you search you will find lots of posts. The GT is a vet windshield. The GTII was made by varicon (sp?) all the glass was custom tooled for the GTII. No companies have one you will have to get one from another member or be lucky enough to find one.
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Post by kitcarguy on Feb 7, 2015 16:12:38 GMT -5
I posted the article. It was from an old issue of The Complete Guide to kit cars. It does in fact say both cars used the same windshield. Also in my searches I found that Varicon made replacement windshield for many cars both factory and kit cars such as cobra reps.
As I said looking at the photos they do look close but at the same time I cant imagine that in all these years nobody tried it to be sure they were not the same...hahaha
This is what the article said ...
"The Glass treatment Throughout the GT2 is much more functional and durable. Visibility is much improved by triangular rear quarter windows and a hatch that operates on gas assist cylinders. Both models use the 63-67 CORVETTE windshield but the GT has a tinted Acrylic rear window while the newer model uses tempered safety glass"
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Post by Eric A on Feb 7, 2015 17:09:36 GMT -5
They are very different in shape. I have had both a GT and a GTII. I personally talked to Varicon at one point about making more. It was around $290 a windshield and you had to order 50 or something. A GTII windshield is much taller with a different curve.
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Post by Eric A on Feb 7, 2015 17:11:17 GMT -5
Also the rear windows on the GT were not all tinted windows. Mine is the short rear window that is factory and it is clear.
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Post by kitcarguy on Feb 7, 2015 17:48:18 GMT -5
Just going by what the article says. And I have looked at hundreds of pics and they do not look very different. Not saying they are not but its not like a fox body vs z28 different hahaha
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Post by Jeff Troy on Feb 11, 2015 11:52:16 GMT -5
Hi, Winger,
Hate to be a spoiler, but if you really think that the imbecile who wrote that article had any idea of what Bradley cars are about, just try buying what he recommends and you'll see just how little he knows -- appears to me to be just one more self-acclaimed "expert."
The only windshield that fits a Bradley GTII without severe modification to the glass or the windshield frame is the proprietary GTII windshield by Varicon, and it is no longer commercially available. Some Twoie owners have spares, although a good one will seldom go for less than $500, plus crating and shipping.
The Bradley GT windshield is a 1963-67 (called "Mid-Year") Corvette Coupe, and the Plexiglass gulls and short (Sundowner "Convertible") or long (Fastback) rears were available from Bradley Automotive, Allied Plastics (briefly), and Sun Ray Products in your choice of tinted (smoke) or clear (bronze).
Post your questions on this website and you're sure to get answers to your inquiries from experienced owners who know what is isn't true about these cars, not from strangers who have never done what they tell you to do.
Good luck with yours, and warmest regards,
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Post by kitcarguy on Feb 11, 2015 19:37:50 GMT -5
Jeff,
I posted the original article that came from a Complete Guide to Kit Cars book from about the time the GT2 was introduced. It was in no way to stir the pot of what windshield will and will not fit. It was just as you said . From an "expert" publication of the time. I did pose the question "Had anyone ever tried a Vette Windshield" and I believe I even that I could not believe that nobody ever did. More out of curiosity to see how close it would have been . From my glasses wearing eyes it does appear to be close.
I guess they way I look at it is they did not design the entire car and then go "Hey now we need a windshield" . They also did not design a windshield and then say "Now lets build a car around it" It appears at first glance that they "recycled" The roof section where the top of the window is to to where the T-top starts. Once again I am blind but I do have 100s of GT and GT2 photos and at least the top half of the glass appears to be the same.
Again . As I said above. I am certain that somewhere along the line someone put a vette windshield on a GT2 and realized it did not fit. Im sure people on this board have done so. I have never seen anyone say when they did what the outcome was and either how bad it was off or even how close. I have also never seen in literature, or order form that had a line item for a replacement windshield, but I would imagine the build manual would say custom windshield. I just do not recall.
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Post by kitcarguy on Feb 11, 2015 20:16:51 GMT -5
It was the 1979 Complete Guide to Kit Cars. Again not saying it is accurate. Just pointed out that it was the first time I seen what I would say was a major publication at the time say it was the same windshield....  |
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