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Tom, Thank you for your reply. The tooling should not be a problem as i plan on 3d printing the shape, then mold it in Al. I will contact the glass comp and see if they can work with the gorilla glass. I have seen this glass used on cellphone protective shield. It should be available for...

Ron, The reason I was looking at the laminated glass, is that it might be more forgiving to body flex. I don't know if the tempered glass will break due to door flexing. If there are people with experience in automotive glass industry, please chime in. I am not an expert in glass and am...

Urethane bead You are correct, the windshield is laminated. From what i understand, Fire fox glass llc can do tempered glass also, i will check with them.

I am not sure on the gt40 roadster. It may have had plexy or temperted glass. The glass company that i talked to, said that the laminated glass does not work well with holes or bolt pressure, thus the small opening would slide on a rail, instead of being hinged and be a flaper window.

None of the racing ones, that is what i am trying to accomplish. I wanted to keep all the shapes and the small opening, however i wanted to make laminated glass instead of plexiglass

Ian, I have seen this thread before, however i am trying to keep the original shape of the GT windows. I have seen people use the old 67 LTD windows, and did not look like a GT40 anymore. Fiberfab was using the ame windows with their Avenger Gt-12

Hello, I have been doing some research and finally found a company that would manufacture laminated glass windows, to replace the plexiglass windows on mk1 and mk2 gt40. I hate the plexiglass windows i have on mine and wanted to get some other opinions on this matter. The tooling will cost 3k...

A local upholster. Pm me ifyou are interested on his info. He only charges 400 per seat

Let me know if you have any questions.

I used the porsche 996 transmission mated with a kennedy engineering plate.

That looks like a great start for a kit congrats

This has been a great experience. I got to source some very talented local craftsman. If you guys need upholstery or engine vents made, I have the perfect connections for very reasonable prices. I will not be selling you anything, just providing their contact information. Please don't...