Let's talk windscreen/windshield Options

[Montreal914]

I am currently looking into getting a windscreen (as the UK or parts catalogs calls it) but I am only interested in one that would have the original shape (rounded top).

I saw a few restored 914-6 on display at Rennsport VII with the OE windscreen shape and they were Pilkington, not Sigla. I wasn't able to confirm if Pilkington is the new supplier of Porsche 914 windscreen replacement part, but I have a strong feeling it is.

These OEM windscreens are available in clear or tinted per these two part numbers.

Clear: 914-541-101-10
Tinted: 914-541-102-10

By tinted, I am not sure if they mean with a dark shaded band at the top or overall tint like the side glass (Delodur-1 and Delodur-F, -1 clear and -F tinted).

If someone has this information, please comment. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

My car has the Delodur-F (tinted) side windows and I would like to get the correct windscreen for it. That being said, I am not interested in having any dark shaded green band at the top, I would prefer clear, hence the question above.



For those who aren't familiar with what I am referring to as the shape, I found these two pictures trying to show it. The orange car (Porsche's 914-8) obviously has the genuine windscreen while the red car has a generic replacement. You can see how the top part of the windscreen is "bubbled up" creating a nice flowing live vs a sharp transition.

[wonkipop]

re original windscreens - its all here.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=363328

the original glass suppliers were all german subsidiaries of st. gobain.
most cars had screens branded kinonglas.
a lesser amount got sigla screens.
it did not appear to be random, the two types cluster in batches.

the sharp radius curve at the top of the screen is a design feature imho.
the NSU RO80 had exactly the same detail and was released a few years before the 914.
if you ask me the porsche styling studio were influence by that car and did their version.
it means when you look at the car front on you don't see the windscreen frame at the top. just the glass rolling over. pure aesthetics.

pilkington is as far as i am aware the factory supplied spare part since the 90s at least.
i have a spare factory screen and its branded pilkington. been sitting in a box in my garage for years for just in case.

i am aware that before covid pilkington had a special scheme for owners of early series 911s to provide replica sigla screens right down to reproducing the original sigla etching and brand name. they would do this for restorers. the cost was fairly expensive as the screens were produced in a factory in i think norway or sweden or something in very small batches. i don't know if they still do this.

but anyhow the pilkington screen ought to be the same as the original screens in its shape. including the bubble like top curve.