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Originally Posted by JackMcCornack
Yes, were money no object, but I'm shooting for a car that can be built for $10,000 and adding $2920 (vs. a flat windshield) probably doesn't provide sufficient bang for the buck. However, the Raptor was $150,000+ and I think they could have sprung for it.
I think the wedge windshield on the Raptor is pretty over-the-top. It is so far forward in the center that it has to be quite high for the driver to see through it, which I'd think (having read my Hucho cover to cover) leaves insufficient space 'twixt glass and roof for a sufficiently gentle blend to keep air attached.
On my drawings and mock-ups, I keep moving the split of the split windshield further back, and the more I sketch, the more I think moving it back to flat (or a single piece flat glass) with lots of A-pillar and roof-to-glass radius may be the best compromise. We'll see.
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There's a site for owners of James Bede's enclosed
outrigger motorcycle which sold in the early 1980s.They were trying to get 10-members together,each pitching in $1,000 for tooling and production of 10-new windshields.These are laminated glass and optically perfect.
A thousand bucks is a lot of cash,but boy what a view.
No easy solution on this one.Cheap anyway.