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Old 09-18-2013, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 951mat View Post
My understanding on the windscreen was the original coupe glass was from a 64 falcon with 4" cut off the top (or bottom???). If someone could confirm that, I'd appreciate. My understanding could be a little off. That being said the original coupes (and current replicas with original dimension) sure are narrow. You might want to find/build a wider screen, like on my JBL Coupe, which is much wider than original dimension cars. Better to find it early I guess to build the car around.

Mat
The original Coupe glass was actually specific to the Coupe. Peter Brock designed the shape and outsourced a glass company to make it.
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