Re: Berlina cracked windshields

[Fred & Mel Zimmermann <fredmelzimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew,
Must admit that makes lots of sense. All of the Berlina's that I have owned have
been of the 69ish years. ie 68, 69 or 70/71 and they were all 1750's with
gasketed windshields. Perhaps there is something different with the glue in
windshields.
Fred Zimmermann

Watry, Andrew (LNG-SFR) wrote:

> I had two maroon 74 Berlinas in a row with cracks in the pass. side of the
> windshield.  And as has been mentioned, there have been several others
> lately.  It's pretty common.  Besides Damian's car, the one I just saw in
> Virginia last week had a crack too.
>
> I think it's a problem centered on the glued-windshield cars (72 and later
> US cars only).  My guess is that the gluing bonds the glass too firmly to
> the body, and so body flex is transferred to the glass, which won't flex
> much, and cracks.  My related guess is that on gasketed windshield cars, the
> gasket has enough give in it to insulate the glass from the flexing.  Does
> this happen on glued-glass GTVs too?  If not, maybe they don't flex as much.
> Just my guesses as a non-engineer.
>
> Andrew Watry
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