Just wondering where’s the best place to get a front windshield for my 69 F100 ?

 

Slong this may sound stupid. But the PPG store where i live tell,s me that they can get one for my 67 f-100. The windshields for 67/79 are all the same, however the trim is different.i am not sure how much that they will charge me because my truck is not ready for one yet. it just needs one.

 

Agreed. Same glass 67-79 check your local suppliers but inquire about the gasket. Some may want to cut yours off and urethane it all together- don't do it.

 

Windshield is the same: 1967/72 F100/750, 1973/79 F100/880, 1978/79 Bronco. Clear, tinted and sun band are available from auto glass shops.

1967/72 F100/750 weatherstrips (with/without reveal mouldings) are not the same as the 3 types of weatherstrips used on 1973/79's.

1967/76, 1977 before serial number O80,001 use the same stainless steel windshield reveal mouldings.

 

I’ve got mine out. I purchased a new weatherstripping from Dennis Carpenter and in the process of cleaning and handling the windshield it cracked due to a rock chip in the windshield.
Mine does have the chrome and if anyone wants to share install tip please do.
Heres something I didn’t know, the windshield had what looks like butal tape around the weatherstripping. Has anyone every put one in without using any sealant.
Thanks

 

Slong Do not put the windshield in will out any sealant. also if you or someone else put,s the windshield in , the top goes in first then the bottom. it can be done the other way,but it,s a lot harder. and the trim has to go into the gasket first then put the gasket around the glass and then into the truck. this is were the cussing begins to start. good luck.

 

Some good tips in these threads:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...rome-trim.html

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...tallation.html

 

Got mine from Local Safelite under $200 . I installed it myself .

 

Yes, do install any trim first before installing the windshield in the truck. A Ford dealership I worked at in the early 1970's found out the hard way.

 

Local glass house wouldn't do mine because of the chrome trim,, nor would the house-call installers. This is an old school way to replace windshields and fewer and fewer guys know how to do it.
I did my '58 chev pickup and it has one of the harder glass shapes to do.
Here's how we do it on our Dents:

'67 or earlier remove your inner rear view mirror and maybe your outside ones too. (they get in the way and walking around the open doors 50 times is enough of a challenge)
There is NO sealant required. Clean the pinch weld opening real good. Paint it maybe?
Make up a couple spray bottles of soapy water.
Get a couple of step stools.
You need enough 3/16" nylon rope or telephone cord to go all the way around the windshield perimeter plus 2 ft.
Get a good buddy to help (this is 3 hrs minimum.)
Save the beer on ice until later.


Lay the windsheild face down and install the gasket with the trim pieces in the gasket. Tape it to the glass in several places (20?) with masking tape to hold it all together.
Push 3/16" nylon rope or telephone cord in the pinch weld slot starting at the center top and toward both sides, ending up at the center bottom with two tails of rope.
Now both of you grab a side and carefully (from the outside) start the bottom edge of the gasket onto the lower pinch weld. Center the whole assembly as best you can.
From INside the cab pull the rope tails a little at a time out of the bottom slot to allow the pinch weld to go into it's slot where the rope was.
Continue this pulling a bit of rope out of the gasket toward both sides of the cab. (And use liberal amounts of soapy spray to make it slippery.
Go very carefully especially when you get toward the doors.
There is a funny technique that involves slapping on the windshield with your hand (SLAP SLAP SLAP) to sort of jiggle the gasket onto the pinch weld.
(I never did try those "suction cup grips" but they could be useful.)
Continue working the pinchweld into the gasket and laying the glass back into the opening making sure that it stays seated at the bottom. Of course pull the masking tape off as you go.
Guys with the stainless trim keep tweaking it into it's groove.
Of course when you get to the middle at the top you are going to have a bunch of rope in the cab and every thing should be wet with soapy water.
So if all goes to plan you shouldn't need any sealant. (I Iive in Oregon where it is a test bed for windshield leakage.) Two years not one drop.
BTW I used the LMC gasket.
I have seen guys use some 3M caulking black butyl rubber and a skinny tip to go from the outside under the edge into the glass slot only, but it's messy and would be hard with trim.
Now .
If you do this job from anyone's instructions like mine or whoever then guess what!! Now two more guys know how to do it. And they can teach others.....

 

Thanks "67StylesLide" for the windshield instructions. It doesn't seem so scary now. I rep'ed you for it.

 

Forgot to say that the windshields aren't obsolete. Any glass shop can get you one. Actually the shop that refused to install my windshield, is who I got my glass from.
Also if you decide to go without the Trim pieces it's a bit easier since you don't have to fuss with keeping it in it's slot all the time. But you have to commit to which way (trim / no trim) when you buy the rubber gasket as they are different.

 

Thanks for the help I got a glass from a local shop for $95.00 delivered . I haven’t had time to install but the instructions will help. Thanks

 

Yes, good stuff. Im going to need glass as well. I have two windshields both with cracks in them.