A Little History About Ford Glass

Starting in 1928, all Ford “Safety Glass was bugged” with a trademark as well as the date of manufacture of the glass. In most instances, glazing used for windshields was different than that used for side and rear glass and, as such, was marked accordingly. The “dating” of the glass has lead to the identification of the approximate build period of the vehicle and/or, in some instances, the exclusion of certain build periods. Improperly dated glazing or glazing without “bugging” has lead to substantial point deductions at many point judged concourses.

The script logo always incorporated the month and year on the outside ends of the oval first in numbers and beginning in 1941 coded as letters. A’ being one, or January, B’ being two, or February, and so on. Under the oval were further identifying markings. Initially, only a letter was used to indicate the manufacturer, in this case F’ indicated Ford and P stood for Pittsburgh Plate Glass. After 1937, AS-F-S or AS-F-WS was used to indicate the glass met American Standards of manufacture. These additional designators delineated American Standard – Ford, as the manufacturer, and Standard, which would be a side glass. The WS stood for windshield and was a higher quality having minimal waviness, distortion and/or imperfections.

A Little About Carleton Glass

Since the passing of Fred Hayner and the ensuing unavailability of his well know “etch-cal” kits, Ford restorers have faced the difficult task of “scripting“ their Ford glass (often referred to as “bugging”). Recognizing a need for a simple inexpensive solution to glass trademarking in the hobby, Roy Nacewicz and Rusty Davis set out to reinvent Mr. Hayners process.

Carleton Glass is happy to announce a new, low cost “do it yourself” alternative that has many additional advantages to the existing system beside the inherent cost savings. This process is available in kit form and, like Mr. Hayner’s original, any month and year can be accommodated. Kits are available for the Model A all the way through the V-8 years and beyond. The kits have an unlimited shelf life and if properly cared for, are reusable over and over.

Our facility is located less than 1 mile from I-275, 10 minutes from the new Detroit Metro Airport Complex, and approximately 20 short miles southwest of the Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village complex in the “Heart of Ford Country”. We invite anyone traveling to the Dearborn/Detroit area to give us a call to assure our presence, and stop for a visit. You are more than welcome to tour our facility.

Our operating hours are from 9:00 AM until 11:00 PM EST Monday through Thursday and from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Our phone and fax lines are tended electronically when we are not available. For customers with kit numbers handy, an “easy pick” answering service is available to accommodate your after hour needs. Specific questions, special requests, etc. are handled by Roy or his staff during normal business hours.

Thank you for visiting our site. We look forward to doing business with you and encourage you to contact us with your Ford glass logo needs.

Roy & Rusty