My brother in Arizona needs a back / rear windshield for his 57 Ford 4 door hardtop. Does someone have an address I can forward to him? It seems I heard that Rich bought a new windshield somewhere in the west coast. It's too bad because I know where there is one right near my house here in Mass. I just don't want to get into crating and sending one all the way across the country. The body code on his car is 57A.
Thanks Jay
Bobs classic auto glass. Eugene, Oregon. They usually have a few on e-bay.
Auto city Classics has one for $275 for a 2dr hardtop
Thanks Guys....
RMK I'll check Google for the contact information on Bob's auto glass
Sprink... Is the rear glass the same for the 2dr hardtop and the 4dr hardtop?
All fairlanes series cars should use the same rear and front glass(except the back window on a retract).
Auto city is showing that it is different. You can check out their site. But the 2 door is a different model number than the 4 door.
http://www.autocityclassic.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=286&Itemid=41 (http://www.autocityclassic.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=286&Itemid=41)
Jay....have your brother check out the swap meet schedules for auto city classic..maybe they are doing one in Phoenix coming up and can have one there. They were just at the Pate swap meet. If nothing else, if he can catch up with them at a show maybe he can get a break on the shipping. I bought my back glass from them...my front glass was years ago, but "vintage... something", Georgia? btw, I asked the auto city classic guy about the finish on the new gas tanks and he didn't have a clue.
Rich
That's a great idea. I'll contact Auto City Classics tomorrow to find out if they will be doing a Phoenix swap meet. It would be a lot better for my brother to pick it up there instead of having it shipped. I have their telephone number.
His car isn't finished anyways, so it's not that critical when he gets the glass.
Jay
Jay...I got to thinking about this..they may not even make one for a 4 door. It's only been the past few years that they even had backglass for any of the '57's. If Auto city doesn't have one, then the Bob's out of oregon would be my second place to look. And a head's-up...The back glass I got, btw has a series of dimples in it along the top edge that I don't think will be covered by the seal. Apparently, at least Classic Auto's manufacturer uses tongs or clamps with teeth to hold the glass when it goes in the ovens for tempering..When I called them about it they said they all had the dimples. At least at the time it was either accept it or no glass, so I kept it.
If they don't make one, let me know and I'll check my photos from Desert Valley to see if I can see a four door with glass. That would be a "local" pickup for him if they do. I'm wondering if the 4 dr hardtop uses the same glass as a 4 dr sedan???
"If they don't make one, let me know and I'll check my photos from Desert Valley to see if I can see a four door with glass. That would be a "local" pickup for him if they do. I'm wondering if the 4 dr hardtop uses the same glass as a 4 dr sedan???"
Rich
I called Auto City Classics 1800 828 2212 and they stated that model 57A four door hard top rear glass is not made in reproduction. Four door sedan will not fit.
I also called Bob's Classics Auto glass to check with them and can't get through. 1800 624 2130
Please take a look at your pictures to see if they have one at Desert Valley.
If all of this fails, my next step would be to see if someone is willing to transport the one that I have available it to Az.
Thanks Jay
My pal donnie is finishing his 57 custom and got all his tinted glass from Bob's place(all glass)... roughly $1100 bucks...I think.
Great quality and he is very happy.
Jay..just checked thru all my pics..no 4 dr hardtops..very little of anything had glass anyway.
Wouldn't hurt to give them a call. You would want the Casa Grande location..I believe I posted their link in the salvage yard thread.
Jeff...speaking of contacts. If you need someone to restore that top rear window trim, I ran into this guy at the Pate swap meet in Texas. Their table of samples was top notch all the way. They restore pot metal and aluminum and stainless....and they are somewhat in your neck of the woods...at least from a Texan's viewpoint.
Iverson Automotive
Minnetonka, Mn. 800-325-0480
www.iversonautomotive.com
Rich
Thanks for taking the time to look through the pictures for me today.
My brother called Desert Valley today. The person on the phone stated that he is looking right at a 57 4 dr hardtop and it does not have the back glass in it and that he does not have the one my brother needs in the yard..
So I think that after the Big swap meet next week I will go and get that one on the 4 dr hardtop that my friend has and hold onto it until we figure out how to get it transported to AZ.
FWIW I bought a 57 2 door station wagon today and didn't have my camera with me.
The previous owner took it all apart. It was previously a California car and the lower panels have no rot in them. It's going to need some roof repair though. If I can get a title for it, I'll put it back together somewhat and sell it. If not I'll part it out.
The guys on this forum will be allowed to have first refusal on it.
Jay
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My pal donnie is finishing his 57 custom and got all his tinted glass from Bob's place(all glass)... roughly $1100 bucks...I think.[/quote]
Jeff
I'm going to call Bob's Classic Auto Glass in Oregon again tomorrow to check them out. By the time I got back home today after buying the 2dr wagon, it was too late to call them.
Jay
Hey Jay..how did you make out?
Jeff I have not been able to locate one for a 4 door hard top through the dealers. I found out from the dealers that the only thing that fits is 57 and 58 four door hard top rear glass. There is one available here in Mass. It is less than 10 miles from my home.
This week end I will be away at the big flea market at Mansfield Mass.
Next week I'll get that local one and save it for my brother. We'll just have to figure out how to get it to Arizona where my brother and his car are. At least this way I'll have it in my possession. Jay
Jay, I just wanted to let you know that this year I won't be able to make it to Mansfield. It's mothers day weekend, and I have plans to get the car going, and giving my mom a ride in dad's car. I thought it would be a good mothers day surprise! Besides that the IRS I guess has decided to mail me another letter saying that they overpaid me in 2007! I told my wife we will probably get one every month until we get to 2012! Did I say how much I despise this administration! Thanks, Tim
Tim
I don't know why they do it on Mother's day. In the 25-30 or so years that I have been going there, to the best of my knowledge only one time they didn't do it on Mother's day.
The other bad news is that the weather experts have been stating all week that we are going to have rain all week end......"Big Bummer" I always look forward to this one.
IRS... that's scary.
Who knows m maybe you will be able to make it next year.
Jay
IRS...hmmm..not to get politcal here, but we thought we were finally clear of a 12 year struggle with the IRS when we were forced into a chapter 13, 5 years ago...to the tune of 750. a month. We got that paid off about 6 months early..just earlier this year. This week we were notified that because the IRS supplied wrong info to my attorney and the bankruptcy trustee, and my high $ attorney never caught it, that we still owe the IRS 17K. It gets pretty complicated, but it came down to how much of the money we owed them was priority (that gets paid first). they initially reported only a 514. amount was actually priority. After the bankruptcy was finalized, they basically said that amount should have been 17.5K. Guess who gets screwed on that deal. I'm just sick over it.
There's enough problems in life without having to battle the government as well, it really is a one sided fight with them having all the taxpayer's resources to go after you. Sorry to hear of your problems you guys, that's really getting kicked in the family jewels (they probably want them too!).
Hey guys..I want to apologize for getting on my irs problems rant...I was just needing to vent after stressing so bad last week. The fact of the matter is nothing happened with our situation that wasn't a direct result of our own mistakes and I've got no one to blame but me, and partially our attorney for not giving us a heads up so we could have prepared for it.
A little advise for anyone out there who may be in the same situation I was 14 years ago....get your returns filed within the legal time limits..even if you can't pay what you owe. Filing date is the critical factor. The fact of the matter is on that, if I had I filed on time, even without paying I would not owe 17K now. Like I said...my error in judgement..not the irs.
Rich, I thought you were ranting about "I"ndependent "R"ear "S"uspension. who knew? Your advise is dead on perfect.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Independent rear suspension...funny. One more thing I wanted to mention because so many of our members are in their later working years...There is one more MAJOR penalty you get hit with for not filing returns within a certain time frame (I think this is where the crazy 3 year, 3 month, 3 day rule applies)...even if you get all those (self employment or ss. taxes) taxes, penalties and interest eventually paid, they will never be counted when they add up what you paid into Social security to determine your retirement monthly benefits. That affects you for the rest of your life. So, in my case, not only was I hit with approx. 50K overall in penalties and interest, I have 4 years less "working credit" on my monthly ss check.
Now that the subject has been totally hijacked to discuss IRS and Social Security, I have something to add. If one does not pay enough FICA/Social Security for four years, you are disqualified from receiving SS Disability Income benefits. It takes four years of paying a minimum amount each year to re-qualify. I had a creative accountant that overlooked this detail and I have no disability benefits. It would have been much cheaper to pay the tax rather than the premiums on a disability income insurance policy of equal value. I have a new accountant!!!
If life was just so simple as to be allowed do-overs, we'd not have made the same mistakes. On the other hand we probably would have just discovered new ones.