Different Windshields

[4LOWBIRDS+7]

I thought all the original windshields had the PPG logo on them. The Nieman Marcus does not, it has the Carlite logo.


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[Quickdraw]

I thought all the original windshields had the PPG logo on them. The Nieman Marcus does not, it has the Carlite logo.


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That Carlite windshield also has the older Tbird logo... However that DOT 18 code says it's a PPG windshield. Perhaps PPG bought Carlite about the time the Tbird was introduced? http://www.carwindshields.info/dot_db

[007Cruiser]

The wings are also different.

Oops,,,, Harry beat me to it.

[hippy_mailman]

my Merlot has the carlite

[AZTB]

Never heard of Carlite before...is that like, "Rides great - less filling"

[65TBSTEVE]

Jim, That sounds like something Rusty would write!

[AZTB]

You may be right, Steve, but no doubt he'd have done it with much more panache!

[007Cruiser]

Never heard of Carlite before...is that like, "Rides great - less filling"

Carlite is made by Ford for Ford vehicles. I found nothing to indicate that Carlite was sold to PPG.

[4LOWBIRDS+7]

Side windows and back windows are Carlite. I know Ford made Carlite glass at the Nashville Glass plant.

[4LOWBIRDS+7]

Never heard of Carlite before...is that like, "Rides great - less filling"

The Carlite logo goes back to the sixties on Ford products.

[Quickdraw]

Carlite is made by Ford for Ford vehicles. I found nothing to indicate that Carlite was sold to PPG.

What else accounts for the "DOT 18" reference saying it is made by PPG?

Hippy_Mailman, does your Carlite windshield have the old Tbird logo? And does it have the same "DOT 18 M413"?

[007Cruiser]

What else accounts for the "DOT 18" reference saying it is made by PPG?

Perhaps they contracted out for an initial supply? Other than that, I have no idea.

[hippy_mailman]

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What else accounts for the "DOT 18" reference saying it is made by PPG?

Hippy_Mailman, does your Carlite windshield have the old Tbird logo? And does it have the same "DOT 18 M413"?

it does have DOT M413 and the logo is like the PPG above post 2 with no lines in the wings like the carlite above in post 2

[4LOWBIRDS+7]

I thought all the original windshields had the PPG logo on them. The Nieman Marcus does not, it has the Carlite logo.


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I guess the 2002 owners need to check their's. The T/bird Blue built in late February has the PPG logo and no feather wings. The Nieman Marcus is vin 2Y100190, so early production.

[Quickdraw]

My 2002 built in July 2002 has PPG with the modern Tbird logo