I have an 85 Shelby Charger and an 87 Shelby Lancer, and both have original windshields with no cracks. All of my other cars, 96 Chevy PU, 96 Pontiac GA, 87 Mustang GT, my old 97 Blazer and 96 S-10 PU had cracks in them. My 03 Grand Caravan doesn't have a crack though - yet. :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My only experiences with Mopar convertibles are P, J, and old school > E. I have never seen a windshield crack in a FWD car. The P has a LOT of > extra support between the front and rear wheels. It also has permanent > fixed support "triangle" windows on the sides. I had to add support on the > E. I have seen those crack at about 600HP at a drag strip without the > subframe connectors. ; ) My experiences with the J convertible are > through friends. I owned an '87 J new in '87 but never a J 'vert. I have > several friends with them, some of which were also purchased new. No > problems to date. I would suspect that if a G body had the same kind of > under body support for a convertible top, there wouldn't be any problems > with those either. I'm willing to bet Chrysler just used a sawsall and > made a few T-Top cars without consideration to body / frame stiffening. If > that is the case, I could see why windshields would crack in T-Top cars. > Especially if you bump up the HP and launch it hard. I would be curious to > know if anybody has a regular hard top and a T-Top G body. Look under it > and see if there are any frame differences. > ___________REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING_________ > ShelbyDodge mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge > > ___________REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING_________ ShelbyDodge mailing list [email protected] http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge
