Windshield alternative for Scorpion?

Pete Whitstone

Pete Whitstone

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I saw a post on a FB group for 037 builds that a guy was going to build one, but use a "Jetta Mark 2" windshield, which he described as "surprisingly close to the Montecarlo windshield". He was in Europe somewhere, so Mark 2 may not translate exactly, but here in the US that would be Jettas from 84 to 91. A whole bunch of other VWs also share this windshield, according to my research.

The windshields for these cars go for like $200. For that kind of price, I'm very curious just how close they are. Does anyone out there have access to a VW from this era, and could maybe take some simple measurements?
 
So now you tell me :)

Well that will be interesting if that ends up being true. I know on my 77, the windshield is slightly smaller and it has the trim piece that I am told was used on the windshields because the replacement windshields at the time were smaller than stock. On the new windshields that I just purchased, they are the correct size and do not need any trim. Makes me wonder if the smaller windshields were from another car like the Jetta?
 
dherr said:
So now you tell me :)

Well that will be interesting if that ends up being true. I know on my 77, the windshield is slightly smaller and it has the trim piece that I am told was used on the windshields because the replacement windshields at the time were smaller than stock. On the new windshields that I just purchased, they are the correct size and do not need any trim. Makes me wonder if the smaller windshields were from another car like the Jetta?
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Reminds me of a Wheeler Dealer episode. They were at the California shop/studio and they were doing a Saab needing a windshield that was unobtainium They invited a well know in California windshield guru Eddie Koto to have a look. He takes Mike to a windshield warehouse, and from thousands of windshields on shelves, pulls off the shelf a brand new windshield for IIRC a mid-90s full size Chevy Impala. They bring it to the shop and Eddie proceeds to "extract" the Saab windshield from the Chevy windshield.

I thought that was pretty neat!

 
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Dan Sarandrea (Phila) said:
Reminds me of a Wheeler Dealer episode. They were at the California shop/studio and they were doing a Saab needing a windshield that was unobtainium They invited a well know in California windshield guru Eddie Koto to have a look. He takes Mike to a windshield warehouse, and from thousands of windshields on shelves, pulls off the shelf a brand new windshield for IIRC a mid-90s full size Chevy Impala. They bring it to the shop Eddie and proceeds to "extract" the Saab windshield from the Chevy windshield.

I thought that was pretty neat!

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I remember seeing that episode, pretty fascinating.
 
dherr said:
So now you tell me :)

Well that will be interesting if that ends up being true. I know on my 77, the windshield is slightly smaller and it has the trim piece that I am told was used on the windshields because the replacement windshields at the time were smaller than stock. On the new windshields that I just purchased, they are the correct size and do not need any trim. Makes me wonder if the smaller windshields were from another car like the Jetta?
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Well, there's a caveat here that I didn't mention, which was that the guy was building his tub from scratch, he was not starting with a MC tub. So he has some latitude to adjust for any size windshield he wants to install. So it's probably not an exact match, but I am wondering how close it is.
 
Dan Sarandrea (Phila) said:
Reminds me of a Wheeler Dealer episode. They were at the California shop/studio and they were doing a Saab needing a windshield that was unobtainium They invited a well know in California windshield guru Eddie Koto to have a look. He takes Mike to a windshield warehouse, and from thousands of windshields on shelves, pulls off the shelf a brand new windshield for IIRC a mid-90s full size Chevy Impala. They bring it to the shop Eddie and proceeds to "extract" the Saab windshield from the Chevy windshield.

I thought that was pretty neat!

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I was thinking the same idea as I read Pete's post. I've heard of several people that do the same process - cutting the desired shape from another, similar windshield that's readily available. Another option might be to have one made out of a moldable material by using a decent original windshield as a mold. There's a woman in SoCal that specializes in that. Her shop has made all sorts of custom stuff that way.
 
West coast shipment begins.....
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