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Title: Please help identify
Post by: ABN91B on December 07, 2022, 01:51:34 PM

Is this 3B is shield frame stock or has it been modified?

Title: Re: Please help identify
Post by: Rus Curtis on December 07, 2022, 05:50:10 PM

ABN,
It appears to be a venting w/s.  Not many here in the states but more common on exports.  I don't see everything that should be there on yours, so it's difficult to tell whether it's original or modified.  Look here for some examples:

https://cj3b.info/Photos/Owners/1954/Sickler54OB/SicklerWindshield.jpg

https://cj3b.info/Dating/Dating1.html
(Scroll down to the "Interior Options" and click on all the links)

https://cj3b.info/Photos/Owners/Wade/CurtisPhotos/WindshieldOpen.JPG

Title: Re: Please help identify
Post by: ABN91B on December 08, 2022, 01:05:21 AM

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I think I’m missing the frame and hinges. 

Title: Re: Please help identify
Post by: Rus Curtis on December 08, 2022, 02:47:12 PM

Quote from: ABN91B on December 08, 2022, 01:05:21 AM

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I think I’m missing the frame and hinges.

Hope you can find what's missing.  Where are you located?

Title: Re: Please help identify
Post by: ABN91B on December 08, 2022, 04:51:54 PM

Northern California
94513