[Tony Aprile]

The early cars had glass that was bonded to the frame (glass only replacement was not possible) and had no support rod........ the rod started somewhere around car # 1300 along with the new high cowl body shape...at this point the glass was no longer bonded to the frame as the originals and glass only was replaceable....somewhere around car # 2000 the shape of the glass remained the same but the glass was partially bonded in the middle of the top and bottom of the frame, thus glass replacement was possible and the support rod was no longer needed....so you could put the newest frame on lets say car # 1350 and it would have no support rod....from #1300 to the latest out of south Africa the body has not changed nor has the shape of the glass.