RE: 105 coupe windshields

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Whoops. I would have said (and wagered, offhand) that all of the
immediately
> peripheral structures (roof, A-pillar, C-pillar, cowl, etc) were
identical,
> and that the earliest Sprint GT windshield and gasket (and rear dittos)
would
> fit the last GT Veloce built. The nose changed, the front fenders and
quarter-
> panels changed, the rear bulkhead changed, but I didn't think the roof
did. I
> would have assumed that since the window regulator system changed the
lower
> part of the door windows might be different, but that the door wing
windows
> and rear quarter windows would be identical.
>
> If there is the one squared off, one rounded difference it sure isn't
obvious
> in photos or in quick eyeballing my adjacent parts-cars. It also isn't
obvious
> how such a subtle change would fit Alfa's tooling-budget logic. They would
> change a panel to make an appreciable change in appearance (as going from
> stepnose to smooth) or to accommodate a physical need (as going from
155-15
> tires to the fatter 165-14, which I believe is the reason for the rear
wheel-
> arch change) but I don't think they did virtually imperceptible changes
> without a good reason.

i could be wrong..

aside from what's already recently installed in my '71, i've got what looks
like three rear gtv windows and two fronts lying around.  one set came with
a bunch of parts i bought, and although i didn't remove it i was told that
it came from a '67 gtv.  no reason to doubt the person i got it from, he's a
long time gtv/gta owner who knows of what he speaks.

the front is clearly different.  the squared off top looks more like spider
glass than gtv glass.  perhaps it's from a duetto, not supposed to be, but
after looking closer it is quite a bit different from the other gtv glass.

the three rear pieces all look to be from different cars.  one's from a '69
(i took that one out myself).  no defroster.  one's from a '74 (i took that
one out myself).  it's got a defroster.  the other's supposedly from the
'67.  both the '69 and the '74 measure about 24" in height, the 'other' one
measures about 23" in height.

fwiw,

bs

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