Interpretation ID: aiam4299
Manager
Free Enterprise Company
5417 Paseo
Kansas City
MO 64110;
Dear Ms. Redford: This responds to your March 12, 1976, request for a listing of Federa motor vehicle safety standards that apply to the manufacture of a fiberglass hardtop for installation on a Jeep. I am assuming that this top is an aftermarket item and is not incorporated by the Jeep Corporation as the vehicle roof of its product.; The only Federal motor vehicle safety standard applicable to this ite of aftermarket motor vehicle equipment is Standard No. 205, *Glazing Materials*, 49 CFR 571.205. Standard No. 205 specifies requirements for glazing materials used in motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, including a vehicle top such as you describe. Any glazing material used in the construction of your Jeep top must be certified as being in compliance with Standard No. 205, even though the top itself does not have to be certified. Generally, the prime glazing manufacturer or the glazing fabricator certifies the glazing, so your main concern as manufacturer of the Jeep top is to make certain that you use glazing that has been certified as being in compliance with the standard. If you obtain sheets of glazing from a prime glazing manufacturer and fabricate or mold the glazing yourself, you must mark and certify the glazing as specified in paragraphs S6.4 and S6.5 of Standard No. 205. A copy of the standard is enclosed for your information.; Sincerely, Stephen P. Wood, Assistant Chief Counsel