Thread: 27 T tudor Hot Rod build

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Thomas, I just searched ebay for a '26-'27 closed car windshield frame, even searched completed listings, and didn't see one.... The glass guy has the frame now, he cut the little "L" shaped brackets that hold the facia together, because he couldn't get the front-mounted screws out. I had them out, along with the 2 on each side, less than a month ago, and the frame has been in dry storage since. As well, he made the glass too big, so there is a good-sized gap and the, for lack of a better term, "miter" at the top of the frame. I took it back, and asked him to please take the top part of the frame off, and sand down the top of the glass, so the top portion of the frame fits the "miter" better... he said he would, but it was going to cost me more money...WTF??? I paid this dude over 100 bux to get the glass in right, and all he can do is make the glass too big, and cut the frame apart? And then wants to charge me more $$ to do it (semi) right?? And he is a "Professional" glass installer.....I think when the time comes for the side glass and rear window glass, I'll find someone else...

It's been raining here, with 60mph winds, we live 500 feet from the Ocean, so it's been really miserable weather the last week (plus, we had an earthquake last week, not like Haiti, but right off our coast, near Eureka) and more rotten weather is expected all this week. I did manage to get the dash back in, and all the gauges working except for the fuel gauge (just ran out of time last night) Gotta call TPI Tech and find out what the reason is that the tach fogs up from the inside...?? The rest of the gauges are fine, just the tach... and I have had the gauges so long I have no clue where the receipt is now...
Oh, well, any progress is better than no progress...I am hesitant to post photos, because they always come out super gigantic, no matter how small I make them....

26Tudor -
I was wondering what the effects of the quake were up there. I went to HSU back in the 90's when we had three separate quakes all 6.0 and bigger, in a 3 or 4 day period. The last one raised the tidal pools on the beach in Petroila 14 ft in the air. I was studying Marine Biology at the time, and went there to study the effects on ocean life.

If you need a good glass guy, we have a few down this way, I was going to use Redwood glass to install mine, plus we have a few Santa Rosa members who probably have a few good shops closer to you.

Sounds pretty frustrating to have to pay the guy more to do the job right, that he should have done in the first place!