Anyone Make Their Own Safari Windshield?

...as insult gets added to injury.

 

it is quite complicated to make, better to find one in good condition. Except if you use an other technology, only one glass / in one part. The positionning system must also be adapted. Use a glass with no curbs around, it is really more expensive.
better put something rectangular even if a little bit smaller.
Anyway it is not useful to see well, you never drive fast!

 

Even an average height 5'-9" and up person has a problem seeing out the limited area of glass without lowering seats or other modifications...............Don't get me wrong I like the Idea and the venting and even had one once and then sold it........For a early CJ5 that is driven allot I am a big fan of the 69 and later curved glass frame and lower wiper motor.

 

Chris, I'm just up the road if you decide to lower your inventory.

 

are they available new? I need a new windshield frame anyway

 

DeBellas had them; they were around $800... No glass or seals installed. Could save on shipping if you had him bring one to an MVPA show...

 

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I always liked the way the vented windshield looked on this built rig:

 

I think the 'fit and finish" detailing would be a bear. I got mine NOS off ebay for way less than I could ever begin make one.

It would be cool if someone with the facility to do it could manufacture new ones.

 

I made a windshield for my 1960 DJ 3, back in the 80's, it was not too hard, you could make a frame and attach it to a CJ 5 without too much trouble I think. For some reason I can't get the picture from PB

 

I like that term, "Dust Sucking" that is what it amounts to. When riding on Michigan's dirt roads in the spring, before dust control is done, we get covered with dust, clouds fly off my dog when I pat her on the back. The fix is to put the windshield down to stop the Dust Sucking.

 

Befeore WWII, many ordinary cars enjoyed this same feature.

On a hot day it is a delightfully cool and gentle circulation inside the car, far more enjoyable than A/C.

 

Better not to open too much, except at very low speed, because insects come in front. Or dust and more if you follow a car on a track.

 

I found that out on my motorcycle years ago , I am allergic to bees and always ride with a windshield for protection. In a downpour the air spills off either side and swirls around, but the wind seems to create a vacuum behind it the causes the backside of your legs and lower back to get wet, without the shield the front gets wet. T J

 

Wow.
And I thought windshields just pushed the air away.

Quantum coatings, Von Karmen Vortices, General Relativity AND Divine aesthetic intervention!
As W.C. Fields might have said, “If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS.”

 

Very interesting read. Thanks for posting.