Steve,
Has your lovely Red car settled on her name yet? For Arlo et al.
Morgans primary customer along with the times has changed. When many of
us aquired our cars, inexpensive competition and fun was in our minds and
Morgan had many inexpensive competitors at that time. I think that
Morgan, as most manufacturers of the time, considered seven or so years
as the useful life of their products. Now Morgan is looking at customers
who have stretched that useful life to over ,say, fifty years and so the
cost escalates with the technology and demands placed on the firm. I
still prefer the simpler cars even if it does mean a tad more
maintenance.
None of my windshields seem to be very brittle. They are however not
necessary to the good operation of the car and as they, like bumpers are
somewhat effeminate, just don't mount them, easy if you wear glasses, or
just use Aero screens. I just had a great day with Matilda, waxed her
for the first time in years (so we could take pictures for her new
insurance policy,) Great day for getting a sunburned scalp. Keep it up
El Nino.
Chuck Harris
'66 4/4
On Sun, 8 Feb 1998 07:26:44 -0600 "Stephen F. Bauserman"
<sbauserm@actsnet.com> writes:
>Tony:
>
>I missed the first part of this thread, but as to windshield glass
>being
>more brittle with age, I remember reading somewhere in one of my
>Mercedes
>publications that the issue was with the thin layer of plastic in the
>middle
>of the glass that became brittle.
>
>As I recall, the tech note said that car windshields are laminated
>with a
>layer of soft plastic in the middle to keep them from shattering.
>Over time
>under exposure to UV the plastic becomes hard and the glass will
>shatter.
>
>Steve Bauserman
>67 Morgan 4/4
>83 Mercedes 300SD
>96 Cherokee Country
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr. <ldmcjr@zebra.net>
>To: Morgan Mailing List <morgans@Autox.Team.Net>
>Date: Sunday, February 08, 1998 12:12 AM
>Subject: windshield
>
>
>>Arlo -
>>
>>That windshield with the 1967 date on it was probably the date that
>size
>>was first used - If you look at the amber and red plastic brake
>lights, you
>>will probably see the date 1969, which was the first year that style
>was
>>produced... I think they are still being used today...
>>
>>I, too, cannot imagine glass becoming more brittle with age...
>>
>>Tony
>>
>>=============================
>>L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.
>>Daphne, AL, USA
>>
>>ldmcjr@zebra.net
>>http://www.zebra.net/~ldmcjr/
>>
>>
>
>
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