Anybody out there know a company that has 79/80 glue in windshields for a Pinto? The only one I found on E-gay cost more than I payed for the car.
Sorry to say, I don't. But, if you will allow me I want to encourage those who are die hard owners of specific cars that windshields can be a difficult and costly item to replace. While wrecking yards might be a source older cars regardless of how many were made are getting harder to find. And regarding the glue in style Dick needs they can be a pain to get out - and not broken in the process.
I learned a lesson the hard way. I bought a '64 Studebaker off Ebay and did not inquire about the windshield because it looked intact. When I picked the car up there was a very obvious crack 3 feet long (the deception of low res pictures). I called the "go to" company, what I was told would be the ONE PLACE that would have one. When I inquired how many they had the woman said, "ONE." When I asked her if they would be getting more she said, "NOT LIKELY." With shipping it was going to cost abut $700 to get a windshield.
I tried to source one locally in So. Cal. but there were none to be found. Eventually after a years search I wound up paying $100 a piece for two used windshields with scratches and bull's-eye's that were 400 miles away. They were also "wagon" windshields and the guy had to cut the corners slightly (carefully - with an angle grinder) to make them fit a sedan. I also spent 10 hours building a cradle that would support them in my sons Honda Civic to transport them to me.
So, based on this experience I highly recommend to seize upon ANY opportunity to get a spare. Right now my storage area has spare windshields for my '61 Corvair wagon, my Studebaker and my Pinto. Most any part for a car can be remade or adapted. But the windshield..., NO. Also make sure the car you are buying has a good windshield. You just can't pick one up down the street for $100 anymore.
Dick, I hope you can find one locally and for not much cash. I know the pain of finding one and the potential cost involved.
Oh boy you sure don't paint a pretty picture. There is one early windshield for $343 plus $189 shipping and one late glue in windshield for $523 plus $189 shipping. Both are new. There at Ford Pinto Windshield on E-Gay. Both are in Belleville, NJ. Thanks Wittsend for your post.
Yea, those glue in's can be a pain to get out of a car too. I was loading logs into my daily drive Mazda Protege last year through the rear seat passage. The last log fulcrum-ed on a log below and went up into the windshield. There was a 40% off sale at Pick Your Part the next weekend and a windshield would have been only $25. I had already invested about 2+ hours in painstakingly attempting to cut it out with a razor knife and a wire. I hit a snag about 2/3rds the way through, gave it a yank and the wire plowed sideways right through the glass for about 3".
To add injury to insult I had for the second time in two years gotten "frozen shoulder" for my effort to remove the glass. It creeps up on you for a week after the unknown injury. Then it takes 9-12 months to heal limiting side motion of the arm to about zero. Anyway, I went across the junk yard parking lot after the incident and was told for $100 CASH I could get a new windshield with installation. Should have done that in the first place given the near year of debilitation.
Didn't read it all, so do not know if they have one for you....
https://www.facebook.com/groups/154914807971570/permalink/815801658549545/?sale_post_id=815801658549545
Looks like their all early 71/78 Pintos. The search goes on, the search goes on, exit stage left!
Hi, don't know if you found a w/s or not. I purchased one for my 77 cruzin wagon nearly a month ago for 75 bucks from Goose Lake Auto Parts in Waconia, MN. 952-657-2221. Had it shipped to my location for another 75 bucks. Bismarck, ND. About 400 miles. They had 3 of them at that time. Happy hunting.