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.

[longballa]

Pilkington owns Sigla. I order glass direct from Pilkington and they told me they own Sigla overseas.

[wonkipop]

Pilkington owns Sigla. I order glass direct from Pilkington and they told me they own Sigla overseas.

thats right. so they have rights to the brand name now.
hence their special scheme to reproduce sigla branded screens for early 911s.
but the sigla branding is not used by pilkington in their modern product.
far as i know its a brand name that has been retired from general use.

i imagine if enough 914 owners banded together and were fanatical enough pilkington would produced a batch of sigla branded 914 screens. i came across all the info on this on an early 911 forum and the discussion was all from about 10 years ago. you had to prepay and preorder the 911 screen. full 100% money down. then you had to wait for up to 6 months to get the screen. they took orders and once they had enough orders they did a batch of screens. i am pretty sure they would have been standard pilkington 911 replacement screens pulled off the line before they got etched or transfer markings bonded on. then they would have been sent to another small scale supplier who reproduced the specialist old school etched markings on them. even so they were not exact reproductions of the etched markings as EU regulations absolutely required that the modern regulation code symbols were included in the markings before they could be sold and supplied. but they were marked SIGLA and not Pilkington.

i guess the 914/6 is starting to get to the point where it is in early 911 territory for some restorers? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)