Marcos Maniacs

Hi Jeff,
 
Way back in 1976 when my car was first shipped over from England, the
windscreen was broken as the car was being offloaded from the ship when the
crane operator was a little clumsy. It was covered by insurance so I looked
into the cost of having a new one shipped over against having a local
manufacturer make one for me. At that time, the costs were comparable , so I
provided my car to the glass company and they used the existing glass to
make a mould. They made a few extra windscreens at the same time expecting
future sales but unfortunately there was never a call for one. A few years
ago, the company were reorganizing or something and they decided to get rid
of the mould and glass because they figured no-one would have any use for
them. Shortly thereafter, a local owner tried to source a windscreen and
discovered the tragedy. The cost of making a new mould for a one-off was
considered impractical and too costly and the idea died right there. 
 
Considering the number of screens now required, a glass manufacturer might
be persuaded to take on the task, but they would undoubtedly need to have
front and rear screens to use as templates. The trick would be in persuading
someone to loan their car for the purpose.
 
For what it's worth.
 
Paul Dransfield
3 litre Volvo
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Caraway [mailto:DovenWolf@...]
Sent: June 21, 2002 10:10 AM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] State-side glass


Hi All,
The thought of getting the Marcos glass made stateside has been mentioned
and I think it deserves a little exploration.
I talked to Hayes at Wire Wheel about this with mixed results. He has gotten
Polycarbonate rear windows made in the past and would be willing to get some
more if that's what everyone wants. He also echoed the same sentiments about
the glass rears that Tad brought up. (Glass rears will be harder to fit to
every car, since you can't trim them)
I think we could still get glass ones made over here, but it seems to me
that we will have to supply the company of choice with an example of both
front and back class that is out of the car as patterns. 
Does anyone have the glass out of their car right now? 
And would anyone be willing to let their glass be the pattern?
Could a glass company possibly use "installed" glass as patterns?
 
Anyone care to add????
 
 
Jeff
#8052
 
 
 


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