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duckkilr
04-05-2004, 09:38 AM
I am looking for a new windshield for my 1987 Z-25. Does anyone know where I might be able to locate one, or have one made?
Thanks in advance!
Mark
Fish boy
04-06-2004, 07:31 AM
Hi Mark,
welcome to the registry. You might try using the search function; I think there was a thread about this not too long ago and I beleive someone found a place that already has the specs and can make one for you.
Is yours in good enough condition that you could take it to a local plastic shop? If so, you might be able to do that as well.
Good luck,
fish
duckkilr
04-06-2004, 08:32 AM
I tried a search, and the only thing I was able to find was someone that built windshields for a Z-29 and Z-33. I have no idea if the Z-25 is the same, but tend to doubt it.
Fish boy
04-06-2004, 03:14 PM
what kind of shape is your old windshield in?
duckkilr
04-06-2004, 03:20 PM
It is cracked all the way through, vertically, on the front section. I can sort of snap the two together and it looks ok from a distance.
Donzigo
04-06-2004, 09:13 PM
There's a company here in St. Pete that builds the windsheilds from scratch if you have the pattern.
The original windsheild company was called STRATOS in Bradenton. The windsheild for the Z-25 was originally $2,000. Stratos is not in business anymore. I had a Z-25. American Fabricators in St. Pete made on for me for around $750, I think. Boating ain't cheap, is it?
Richard AAron 727-867-7020
Fish boy
04-08-2004, 10:55 AM
Donzigo, American is who I was thinking of too.
Dukkilr, If the windshield can be laid out so a local fabricator can get an idea of the shape, I am sure that you can get them to make you a new windshiled.
Morgan's Cloud
04-08-2004, 11:42 AM
The windsheild for the Z-25 was originally $2,000. Stratos is not in business anymore. I had a Z-25. American Fabricators in St. Pete made on for me for around $750, I think. Boating ain't cheap, is it?
Richard AAron 727-867-7020
I wish I had been able to get a (hurricane damaged) replacement made for the Magnum (25) for $750 !
Aluminum 2000 in Pa. does great stuff and great folks to work with...but first cost was still $5230 :eek!:
last year I replaced the windshield on my 21' Scarab. It was the wraparound type with no frame. I went to a shop that sells plexi-glass and lexan in 4'x8' sheets. I bought some 1/4" lexan of the right color and used my old windshield for a template. Cut it out with a sabre saw uning a fine tooth blade running VERY slow, took a long time. We then used sandpaper in graduating grades to smooth it out. We held it on the side drilled and screwed as we went. 20/20 hindsight I would have used 3/16" smoked lexan. Easier to work with and I think it would look cooler. Holding that 1/4" stuff on there and trying to drill it was like wrestleing an alligator. If you need any more info write back here or contact me directly. Good Luck Greg
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