This is known as a Cambridge windshield and it's made of either isinglass or celluloid - probably isinglass (originally made from fish bladders) in this case.
The earliest mention dates from 1909 and it became a generic term, like the California top became.
https://forums.aaca.org/topic/448353-cambridge-windshield/
Isinglass?
ReplyDeleteBob
good call, that's what Steve just emailed me before I checked the comments section. Thanks!
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