Marcos Maniacs

Paul
  I would be more than willing to supply my windshield as a 
template.........Dave #5577
  p.s. my rear screen is plexi... not suitable to make a mold I fear?



















--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., pauldransfield@i... wrote:
> Hi again guys,
>  
> I finally managed to talk to the manager at the local Standard Auto 
Glass,
> one of the auto glass chains in Canada, and the chain that secured 
my
> replacement screen locally in 1976.  He thought there was a good 
chance that
> the local windshield manufacturer (which is now owned by Pilkington) 
might
> be persuaded to make the Marcos screens locally, particularly if 
they were
> wanted in quantity, but he was going to make some enquiries before 
getting
> anyone's hopes up too high. 
>  
> If this was to happen, one of the requirements would be to have 
someone
> supply a front and rear screen for use in the making of molds. Now I 
have to
> be honest and say I would be very reluctant to let them have my car 
for that
> purpose, having waited nearly 2 years to have the last front screen
> replaced. Knowing how valuable they are, it would be asking for 
trouble to
> have someone remove, do God knows what with during the mold making 
process
> and then replace, two perfectly good pieces of glass.  However, Dave 
Barton
> from Guelph in southern Ontario was, if I recall correctly, one of 
the guys
> wanting replacements screen and if he could supply his old ones for 
the mold
> making process, that would seem to me to be a more realistic 
solution.
>  
> Until I get a positive response from Standard it's a moot point, but
> something to think about. Comments Dave?
>  
> I'll post the response as soon as I hear.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Paul Dransfield
> 3 litre Volvo
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Caraway [mailto:DovenWolf@c...]
> Sent: July 2, 2002 8:22 AM
> To: MarcosManiacs@y...
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] FW: Marcos Glass
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> I received a reply from Marcos Heritage regarding glass pricing.
> I have attached their letter below.
> I went with 5 fronts and 10 rears as our estimate. I was happy to 
see that
> they do indeed carry the Perspex rears.
> It looks like the glass converts to:
> Rear Glass Screens       $345.00 each
> Front glass                    $452.00 each
> Rear Perspex                $145.00 each
>  
> It sounds as if we would be facing an additional 3216.00 (worst case 
for 10
> glass rears-see below) to get them shipped to ONE destination here 
in the
> US. I think that we will also have to pay some type of customs 
charges as
> well. I'm not sure what they would run, but I would guess the 
customs would
> be a few hundred dollars.
> Then we would incur more shipping to part them out and send them to 
their
> individual destinations.
>  
> I guess we need to go ahead and contact Pilkingtons (sp?) to get an 
estimate
> from them. Lee can you do that?
> Although, I'm not sure how we would estimate shipping with this 
method. I
> guess we could have Pilkingtons estimate it for shipping them to one 
US
> location as Rory did.
>  
> I'm very disappointed by what I have found so far as the shipping 
will add
> so much to it that it probably will not be viable for most.
> Although, there is still the hope of getting Perspex rears from 
Hayes (which
> I am still pursuing) and maybe getting someone in the US or Canada 
to do
> some front screens (which I would like for Paul to pursue with the 
place in
> Canada once he gets some time).
>  
> Please LMK what everyone thinks.
>  
> Jeff
> #8052
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pike Associates [mailto:sales@r...] 
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:38 AM
> To: DovenWolf@c...
> Subject: Re: Marcos Glass
>  
> We can supply rear glass or perspex ( lexan / polycarbonate ) 
screens.
>  
> We carry perspex screens in stock at £95.00 Each.
>  
> We can supply glass at the following prices:
>  
> 10  x  Rear Glass Screens  ( Retail £350.00 )    £225.00 Each
> 5  x  Front Glass Screens  ( Retail £375.00 )      £295.00 Each
>  
> In all honesty the perspex screens are a definate fit because they 
are
> supplied oversize as opposed to the glass rear screens.
>  
> Regarding the shipping, it would be much cheaper to send the screens 
to one
> destination.
>  
> We would have to pack them in batches of 5. And you would be looking 
at
> around £200.00 to have each batch of 5 screens professionally crated 
( our
> shippers insist on this ) - in all £600 for crating. 
> To ship the screens ( 3 boxes ) to North America is going to cost
> in the region of £1500.00. The 3 boxes volumetrically work out at 
approx
> 840kg therefor making a very expensive shipping cost.
>  
> I have quoted for "worst case scenario " - i.e  everybody wanting 
glass rear
> screens.
> To ship a quantity of perspex screens would be a lot less - i.e to 
ship 5
> perspex screens would cost £200 - £300.
>  
>  
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