TXPinkSkurtz
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I'm replacing the top on my 1968 Fury III convertible and was wondering if I should go with glass or plastic (it currently has plastic, but it's yellowed and cracked)?
Convertible top - plastic or glass window?
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Glass. Hands down.
TXPinkSkurtz
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I forgot to ask if glass will fit back in the boot when the top is down, or if it must be taken out first, before lowering the top?
68 4spd Fury
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The original top on my 68 was a glass window. Also on a 68 Dart and a 68 Barracuda I had in the 70's. I can't say if the glass was standard across the board or an option. No problem with the glass going up and down.
Leave it in. It all folds up into the trunk.
Only warning is to not put stuff in the trunk where the top folds into. You can break the glass.
Fratzog
Old Man with a Hat
Considering you live in NY state and just to add to this warning . Be very cautious operating the top mechanism in extremely cold temperatures. I've heard more than a few anecdotes of shattering rear glass in those conditions including from the former owner of my car.
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
Chrysler switched to glass rear windows in all the convertible models in 1967. Listen to the warnings mentioned above.
Generally speaking, I don't put the top down in the winter....
Badvert65
Well-Known Member
I wish it was an option for my 65 Sport Fury convertible.
Luke Pokrajac
Active Member
Original glass top on 67 & 68 dodge, plymouth and chrysler convertibles is Corning chemically tempered glass, otherwise known as gorilla glass...the same glass used today for iphones and other smart phones cover glass.
Luke Pokrajac
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Fratzog
Old Man with a Hat
Probably has a heated shop...wuss
I've been cold enough times in my life to not be a tough guy about it any more. Cold hurts the old bones too much these days.Probably has a heated shop...wuss
Rexer
Member
The vinyl windows look great as long as you don't wash them with any chemicals (only water) and keep them out of the sun for months on end. I'm sure most of the cars on this site are garage kept. However if it originally came with glass then that's the way I would go.
The Goose
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100% glass, looks better & easier to care for but the real question is garaged or no? Having a garage I haven’t had the top up in 3 years except for one night it was parked in Hollywood. And yes the glass window was still there...
Mike66Chryslers
Senior Member
My dad told me a story about the '67 Sport Fury convertible he used to have. Right after he got it, he went to put the top down. He didn't know that you're supposed to unzip the zipper around the glass first, and that it rests separately inside the well. Top went down and POP went the glass.
I guess you're supposed to unzip the plastic windows like in my '66 Chrysler as well. Whoever owned mine previously never did and it already had a horizontal crease in the middle of the window. I only worked the zipper once, and it was so hard to zip back up, partly from lack of use, that I never touched it again.
I presume the top mechanism is basically the same for pre-67 with plastic vs 1968+ with glass, and his car tried to fold the glass window the same way my plastic one folds.
I guess you're supposed to unzip the plastic windows like in my '66 Chrysler as well. Whoever owned mine previously never did and it already had a horizontal crease in the middle of the window. I only worked the zipper once, and it was so hard to zip back up, partly from lack of use, that I never touched it again.
I presume the top mechanism is basically the same for pre-67 with plastic vs 1968+ with glass, and his car tried to fold the glass window the same way my plastic one folds.
volksworld
Active Member
i HATE the plastic window in my top...had the car 20 yrs now, garaged the entire time and at this point you cant see out the window at all...
thethee
Senior Member
If the zipper is troubling you, you could run across it with a pencil lead several times. Should smooth it out.My dad told me a story about the '67 Sport Fury convertible he used to have. Right after he got it, he went to put the top down. He didn't know that you're supposed to unzip the zipper around the glass first, and that it rests separately inside the well. Top went down and POP went the glass.
I guess you're supposed to unzip the plastic windows like in my '66 Chrysler as well. Whoever owned mine previously never did and it already had a horizontal crease in the middle of the window. I only worked the zipper once, and it was so hard to zip back up, partly from lack of use, that I never touched it again.
I presume the top mechanism is basically the same for pre-67 with plastic vs 1968+ with glass, and his car tried to fold the glass window the same way my plastic one folds.
I never unzip the glass window in my '70.My dad told me a story about the '67 Sport Fury convertible he used to have. Right after he got it, he went to put the top down. He didn't know that you're supposed to unzip the zipper around the glass first, and that it rests separately inside the well. Top went down and POP went the glass.
I guess you're supposed to unzip the plastic windows like in my '66 Chrysler as well. Whoever owned mine previously never did and it already had a horizontal crease in the middle of the window. I only worked the zipper once, and it was so hard to zip back up, partly from lack of use, that I never touched it again.
I presume the top mechanism is basically the same for pre-67 with plastic vs 1968+ with glass, and his car tried to fold the glass window the same way my plastic one folds.
I did it once, with the top up, just to see how, but it was a PITA.
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