Thread: Roadster Windshield Mounting Questions

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Could ya'll please give me some advice on mounting the windshield lower posts?

I have seen a few of these now and they are all seemingly different to me!

1) Is there a particular angle the lower posts mount at wrt the floor for instance, or should I be more concerned how well the lower post mounting curve matches the body curve?
2) Or are the posts supposed to match the forward ridge angle along the cowl?
3) How far above the ridge on the cowl is the windshield frame supposed to be? I have the rubber seal for the outside of the frame.

I am using a 2" chopped winshield and 32 Roadster posts from Wescotts.

Many Thanks, Kitz

Kitz,
What happened with the thread? I am re-replying and hope it works. I will make you a pattern this week and when I get it made, let you know so I will know where to send.
As a fellow Texan ( I live in Granbury, 35 miles SW of Ft. Worth) we need to stick together. I am hoping to have my '32 ready enough to drive to Fredricksburg the middle of May for Lone Star annual meet. Maybe we can get together and bench race a little. Let me know if you got original message.
Jim

I had them drill the holes for my posts when I bought my body. This is my first deuce and I wasn't sure where they should be properly placed and relied on their experience. I think they missed a bit as it has been impossible to get the spacing equal between each side. It also made the soft top placement a challenge. I interested in the correct way to do this myself.

I'm about to tackle this same job myself... would like to hear anyone's opinions on how to properly locate where to mount the lower posts to the body. Old Hippie: If I could get a copy of that pattern you mentioned i would be most appriciative! -Joe Barr

Originally Posted by Offy

I had them drill the holes for my posts when I bought my body. I think they missed a bit as it has been impossible to get the spacing equal between each side.

I have a original Henry Ford Deuce roadster ... and the gap is not uniform on it either ... I have looked at dozens of original 32 roadsters over the years and none really had a great fit in the windshield gap area ...

What's WRT?

Fwiw - the pieces that bolt to the body are the stanchions, the pieces that are mounted on top of the stanchions and accept the windshield frame studs are the posts.

Is it the spacing that's incorrect or the windshield post angle does not match?

A little grinding on the stanchion stop area will allow an angle match for the posts.

Deuce is correct on trying to match the spacing between windshield posts and windshield frame.
A friend of mine has built a whole bunch of Deuce roadsters over the years and he has yet to match the vertical gap on the sides.

The Deuce is what it is....

C9X and Deuce are right, I've never seen a 32 roadster with the windshield gap is perfect side to side. I know mine certainly isn't! You can do some adjustment with spacers (washers) to get it close.

It's pretty obvious where the stanchions should go by their relationship to the cowl top ridge. Sometimes it helps to bolt everything together and have a friend help hold the whole shootin' match to the cowl just to see if you like how it look sand if the angle is right. some angle is very important to the looks of a deuce.

I've seen some 32's with the windshield sitting too straight up and down, it has to have some rearward lean to look correct imho. (It's a 32 not a model A)

Here's a picture of my rpu with the stanchions at approxitemately 20 degrees angle. Not saying it's the perfect example, but I think the windshield angle has a good look to it.

I'm helping somee freinds put together a couple of roadsters (1 glass & 1 Brookville) and we put the windshield frame about 1/4 inch above the cowl ridge in the middle and that seems to work OK. Most windshield frames don't seem to be an exact match to the cowl, but the rubber will take up the difference.

Mick

Thanks Mick for the most informative post I've read on this subject to date... your pickup looks great, and I agree the angle is just right. Thanks again. -Joe

I just received my 2" chopped Model A windshield kit and it should be less of a problem, right? The stanchions can really only go on one way, mostly vertical, right? I see the problem with the '32 since it has those gorgeous curved mounts for the stanchions which can be mounted at several different angles as the mounts slide around but the Model A is more definite, right? Sorry for butting in, but I am just checking that there is not the same problem for the '28-'29 A. Ignore this unless there is some special trick for the A which I should know. That red Deuce pickup is really nice and I especially like the way the top slants slightly forward at the rear.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Shoot Don, you ain't buttin' in!

I was surprised to see this post again as the first one went out last March. I still have not mounted my windshield but I test fit it once and have formulated my plan.

1) Best I can tell is you just need to be patient and use a couple helpers to hold it while you look at it, adjust it, look at, and mark where she goes, and drink a beer and look at it some more.

2) Sleep on it.

3) Then drink a beer, and get you helpers to hold it again on the marks while you drink a beer and look it over.

4) Mark and drill the holes. Drink a beer maybe, sleep on it.

Complete!