'72 and '74 Riv Windshield Interchange?

I bought a parts car '72 Riv which I will be picking up this weekend. One of the items I wanted was the Windshield as I have a chip out of the one on my existing car. Long story short, a tree branch dropped on the car from a passing storm and cracked the windshield in the parts car. The guy selling the car has a '74 Riv and is offering that winshield as a replacement if it will fit.

Anyone know if the windshield remained unchanged during the '73 - '74 styling change?

Thanks!

 

Yes, they will interchange
71 till 76 Rivieras shared the same windshield (as with much other 71-76 GM full size... except station wagons and convertibles)

There are windshields with and without antenna

 

Thanks for the info! I appreciate it!:TU:

 

Uh,windshield is E body only. Riv,Toronado,and Eldo. coupes. '71-'76 and up to '78 on the Eldo. B and C body windshields won't interchange. And of course the convertible is all it fits,even the Eldo.

 

here ya go. this is from the 75 book. 76 models would fall in line with the same 75 models.

 

from another source:

 

Thanks for the info, looks like there's plenty of donor cars. I emailed the seller to see if he has one of those models in the yard.

Thanks again.

 

You won't like the way the B and C body windshields fit if you get one from ,say a '74 LeSabre 2dr. It will fit in the Riv,but the upper ends don't curve back enough to match the Riviera windshield frame and you will have a big gap at each end. Voice of experience from a mistake I made years ago. Ken, take my advice and get a windshield from an E body only.

 

Than why does even the Buick manual have the same part numbers for a 74 LeSabre 2dr (B) and 71-76 Rivieras (E)? (see Yuk's attachement)

 

the pic i posted is from the 1975 buick master parts book.

sounds like his results would be from a 71-76 gm fullsized convertible windshield. they will only fit convertibles correctly.

 

I cut a windshield out of a '74 leSabre 2 dr to put in a '72 Riviera way back in 1990. Well it fit,but there was a big gap on the ends at the top. I then got a windshield out of a '76 Bonneville 4dr with the same result. They won't work. I found one in a '78 Eldorado and it fit like a glove. I looked in my friend's Hollander Interchange book and it showed that only the E body windshields interchange. The B and C body windshields won't work. In fact all the B and C windshields interchange with all body styles except the convertible and E body. But go ahead, try one from a B,C body. You'll find out.

 

Got a call from Nailhead Tom T this morning. He found a new never installed Riv windshield for a decent price, so I snapped it up. Original PPG glass, so thicker than aftermarket replacement stuff. The guy I'm getting the car from is going to knock a few bucks off the price for the windshield, so all will work out. Thanks for the heads-up on the E vs B-C issue. Probably were close enough that they said screw it and just made one replacement part, but doesn't fit quite right.

 

Probably from the same guy who decided all 67 - 70 Riviera engine mounts were all the same as well. Not even close.

Thanks for the info Ted. Experience speaks louder than numbers in a book.:TU:

 

Hey Ken. Are you getting a 3.42 now?? Later,Tony.

 

Yup! :Brow:

 

:TU: Later,Tony.

 

My 76 LeSabre 4dr(hardtop, not sedan), 76 LeSabre 2dr, and 73 Riviera all took the exact same window, the 0778. I just replaced all three of them for various reasons. Each one fit fine, all the way around.