Re: GTV and Porsche windshields

[jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jack Hagerty)]

From: Mike Grace <mgrace@domain.elided>

>Yesterday I had a guy R&R the windshield on my GTV (74) to install the
>aluminum trim. He could have sworn that the windshield was the same as from
>the 911,912 P-cars (pre-98). Can anybody confirm this? 

I can't confirm this, but if true it would resolve something that's been
bugging me for over a year now. I had the windshield in my '74 GTV replaced
in summer '97. I bought the glass from Ricambi for $320 then brought it to 
a local glass shop for installation. Rather than being appreciative that
I had saved him the task of searching for a rare piece of glass, he started
telling me how I had wasted my money because he could have gotten me a better 
windshield for about half the price ($190) in only two days from his 
distributor. To prove it, he showed me his parts book, had me verify the 
glass then called the distributor. Sure enough, $190 and two day delivery. 
Ever since I've been wondering how a local distributor could have a part in 
stock for a car with maybe 10,000 on the road in the entire world.

>With prices for new getting into the thin atmosphere, this might be helpful 
>the next time I catch a rock from a dump truck which are so numerous they're 
>unavoidable around Santa Barbara these days.

Maybe it's not quite so stratospheric as we think.

- - Jack

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