do most cars have green glass???

[BLUNT]

my 69 is clear but my 70 has green and i have an extra set of green just in case. is the green pretty common???

[Harv]

Yea I think it's the most common among the US cars. I put green in my car except the rear window since it has my college sticker on it and it's almost the only thing that was the same from before I started this whole endeavor.

John

[Delia]

My '69 #1666747 was clear. My '73tii is green, as was my late '71.

Delia

[02_Plate]

My '74 has clear glass with blue sun screen across the top - but mines UK spec'd

[Mike Self]

of the 70s. The tinted glass started about the time heated backlights becme generally available in the US, in late 1970/early 71.

Heated backlights were theretically avaialble in 1969, but they weren't shipping 'em to the US (I tried to order one and couldn't)--and it took me nearly 20 years to find a heated, clear backlight--and it came from a Eurospec car.

Clear glass is harder to find, so save any you have. It's correct for the early cars.

mike

[Brandon]

I think the clear is more rare...the green tint is very common and was standard equipment on these cars in '74 I think. I have had over 40 parts cars in the past 15 years and only about three had the clear glass...all round tails...

[H_Krix]

Now thats strange to read...

When I started my addiction, way back in highschool, I had 2 cars - a 1976 Automatic and a 1975 manual. The Auto '76 had all clear glass, and a clear heated rear screen. The manual '75 had all green glass (that which was still left on the car, that is...)

Phoenix is the result of the '75 Manual. I kept all the clear glass, save the windshield which had been shattered in the '76.

A friend of mine just found 2, brand-new-in-the-shrinkwrap clear front windscreens with no tinting... I'm currently in the process of begging for one.

Now that I know this stuff is so rare, i'm going to be scared shitless of breaking it. Thanks a lot guys!!!

[02Les]

In the UK, most all the '02s I have seen had clear glass. Tinted glass was an option at the time of ordering, but naturally added cost to what was, in the 70s, an expensive car in the UK.

When time came for a replacement, a lot of people chose the clear front with the blue "sundim" strip across the top.

Heated rear windows were the norm in the UK.

[eastsidebimmer]

New clear windscreens are still avaialble from BMW dealer or in aftermarket, however.

[TobyB]

I've got at least 2 different shades of 'almost clear'

along with some light green- the '72 is noticably tinted

in compariason to either...

how green is green, eh?

t

[dlhoovler]

...it may be a very very light tint. It's not really noticeable if indeed it is tinted. My car was made in December 1970.

-Dave