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Benson · 01-11-2019, 05:53 PM

At least as important as seat belts is to be sure Windshield is NOT plate glass!!

In 1963 I read about Model As having safety glass installed at factory so when I replaced ALL of the plate glass in side windows of Coupe I assumed windshield was safety glass .... wrong Batman.

1966 I hit the rear of a car stopped to make a left turn at 45 MPH.

Seat belt kept me out of the windshield glass!

Ten years and 20,000 miles later the windshield started to rattle ... glass was loose.

While removing it I found that it was single strength window glass!

Some old timer had told me years earlier, after performing the match trick to check if safety glass, that it was safe ...

Really scary to think what might have happened if I had not installed the seat belts in 1963!!

01-11-2019, 05:53 PM	#30
Benson Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,597	Re: Seat belts - to be or not to be? At least as important as seat belts is to be sure Windshield is NOT plate glass!! In 1963 I read about Model As having safety glass installed at factory so when I replaced ALL of the plate glass in side windows of Coupe I assumed windshield was safety glass .... wrong Batman. 1966 I hit the rear of a car stopped to make a left turn at 45 MPH. Seat belt kept me out of the windshield glass! Ten years and 20,000 miles later the windshield started to rattle ... glass was loose. While removing it I found that it was single strength window glass! Some old timer had told me years earlier, after performing the match trick to check if safety glass, that it was safe ... Really scary to think what might have happened if I had not installed the seat belts in 1963!! Last edited by Benson; 01-13-2019 at 10:27 AM.