Marcos Maniacs

Hi Paul,
Do you think that they would be more interested in doing a batch for us?
We can even add the local owner you mentioned in with us to beef up our
numbers.
I'm currently calling most of my local resources, but most Auto glass
guys here can only cut glass (which isn't going to work).
 
Jeff
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: pauldransfield@... [mailto:pauldransfield@...] 
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 10:34 AM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] State-side glass
 
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@carolina.rr.com]
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
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