Its True. I've seen many factory films showing the huge rubber hammer
routine. I even saw it done at the Jaguar factory a couple months ago! Its
toughened laminated so it should take it ok. Apparently!
Peter S
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 8:38 AM
Subject: Factory installed windscreens
>
> I was getting the windscreen replaced in my Truck (I know, I could have
> done it myself, just don't have the time) and casually mentioned to the
> installer that I wondered how the factory would have installed this type
of
> windscreen. The truck has the same type of retained by a gasket,
installed
> with a rope type, as so many of our Triumphs have. He said that he was
> told that two people installed them and that while one person used the
> equivalent rope on the inside, another person "hammered" on the outside
> with what was described as an extremely large rubber mallet, to help seat
> the windscreen as the rubber was secured. This seemed a brutal way to do
> it, but not unlikely having read other stories of how things were
assembled
> "before robots" as the idea was to do it quickly, not necessarily the
> neatest, most careful way
> What say you, John Mac-? Any truth to the story? I would think if true,
> that more than a few windscreen would have ended up, shall we say,
unusable
> :-)
>
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>
> 72 FI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> 70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> 70 Spitfire (long term project)
>
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