Thread: How to build a Duvall style roadster windshield.

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The first step, is to find the exact center of your roadster cowl (tape measure work) and lay down a peice of 1/8" masking tape exactly in the center, from the inner dash rail to the firewall on top of the cowl. This being done, pick a point about 1/3 of the distance out from the dashrail, and drill a 1/8" diameter hole thru the cowl top. (if you have a model A with a stock located gas tank, don't do this!!!!) I then took a straight peice of wire coat hanger about 15" long and welded a 1/8" bolt to the end of it. I put the end of the 1/8" bolt thru the hole, with the coathanger stuck up verticaly, and put a nut on the end of the bolt. This allowed me to bend the coathanger back untill I had the "rake" which I desired on the frontpeice of the windshield. This is a purely visible thing, so you have to be able to stand back and look at your roadster in profile to judge this correctly.---BEWARE--the outer edge of the windshield frame is going to lean back by the same amount, so if you get too crazy with this rake you will end up with the outer edge of the windshield frame sticking out into the "doorway" and interfering with your entrance and exit from the car. At the time I built mine my roadster was still unpainted, so I actually cut a peice of 1/2" plywood and screwed it in place from under the dash. I already have a solid model of the roadster-pickup cab, so I'm going to use it for this "how to" article.