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Good to know! as I am about to order one myself.
> On Apr 14, 2019, at 5:59 PM, Tom Witt via Tigers =
<tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I feel your concern. I put a rock through my wife=E2=80=99s Civic side =
glass using the weed eater a few weeks back. It is not a box it came in. =
Rather it was simply an envelope. Two thin sheets of corrugated =
cardboard and a very thin, single layer of bubble wrap covering just the =
center third of this curved sheet of glass. Somehow it made it from =
Illinois to So. Cal. without breaking.
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> Good to see that your glass arrived safely. Also thankful there is =
still a windshield available. For many older cars they are rare and =
expensive. Picture #2 is a transport frame I made so my son could bring =
two =E2=80=9864 Studebaker windshields 400 miles..., without breaking =
them. I spent hours pulling the rear seats out of his car, gutting the =
trunk and squeezing every fraction of an inch to get the glass as =
vertical as possible. I paid $100 ea. for these difficult to find =
windshields even though they had scratches and bull's-eyes'. Otherwise =
it was $800 (new) for what I was told was =E2=80=9Cthe only one left.=E2=80=
=9D
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> <image[1].png><image[8].png>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 4:24 PM
> Subject: [Tigers] Windshield shipping, FYI
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> My windshield from VB arrived. I was a bit panicked when I pulled into =
the driveway and saw the package standing on end in my driveway. The =
second picture shows what I found when I opened it.
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> They used bags of expanding foam to secure the windshield in place. =
The whole bottom of the box was the same foam. And, best of all, when I =
got it out. the windsield was intact.
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> No, its not the windshield for an old Chevy Cameo or something. LMC =
is Long Motor Corp, parent of VB. I guess they share boxes.
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> Stu
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><span=
style=3D"font-size: 14px;" class=3D"">Good to know! as I am about to =
order one myself.<br class=3D""></span><div><br class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Apr 14, 2019, at 5:59 PM, =
Tom Witt via Tigers <<a href=3D"mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D"">
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">
<div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=3D"">
<div class=3D"">I feel your concern. I put a rock through my wife=E2=80=99=
s Civic side glass using
the weed eater a few weeks back. It is not a box it came in. Rather it =
was=20
simply an envelope. Two thin sheets of corrugated cardboard and a very =
thin,
single layer of bubble wrap covering just the center third of this =
curved sheet
of glass. Somehow it made it from Illinois to So. Cal. without =
breaking.</div>
<div class=3D""> </div>
<div class=3D""> Good to see that your glass arrived safely. Also =
thankful there is
still a windshield available. For many older cars they are rare and =
expensive.
Picture #2 is a transport frame I made so my son could bring two =E2=80=98=
64 Studebaker
windshields 400 miles..., without breaking them. I spent hours pulling =
the rear
seats out of his car, gutting the trunk and squeezing every fraction of =
an inch
to get the glass as vertical as possible. I paid $100 ea. for =
these
difficult to find windshields even though they had scratches and
bull's-eyes'. Otherwise it was $800 (new) for what I was told was =
=E2=80=9Cthe
only one left.=E2=80=9D</div>
<div class=3D""> </div>
<div class=3D""><span =
id=3D"cid:0A53FCFD389343648C36DB103408BA5E@user1PC"><image[1].png></=
span><span =
id=3D"cid:121F2CD8495F49D58BB689F5DAFF3B48@user1PC"><image[8].png></=
span></div>
<div style=3D"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: =
Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" =
class=3D"">
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<div style=3D"font-color: black" class=3D""><b class=3D"">From:</b> <a =
title=3D"tigers@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">Stu via Tigers</a> </div>
<div class=3D""><b class=3D"">Sent:</b> Sunday, April 14, 2019 4:24 =
PM</div>
<div class=3D""><b class=3D"">To:</b> <a title=3D"Tigers@autox.team.net" =
href=3D"mailto:Tigers@autox.team.net"; class=3D"">Tiger Net</a> ; <a =
title=3D"Rollright@aol.com" href=3D"mailto:Rollright@aol.com"; =
class=3D"">Jim Armstrong</a> </div>
<div class=3D""><b class=3D"">Subject:</b> [Tigers] Windshield shipping, =
FYI</div></div></div>
<div class=3D""> </div></div>
<div style=3D"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: =
Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" =
class=3D"">
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small">My windshield =
from VB arrived.
I was a bit panicked when I pulled into the driveway and saw the package
standing on end in my driveway. The second picture shows what I =
found when
I opened it.</div>
<div class=3D""><span =
id=3D"cid:D0B74C509F944646A834A5471ED0E34E@user1PC"><IMG_0765.jpg></=
span><br class=3D""></div>
<div class=3D""> </div>
<div class=3D"">
<div class=3D""><span =
id=3D"cid:1A69935B79734E35AB753FD82ADC93C8@user1PC"><IMG_0767.jpg></=
span><br class=3D""></div></div>
<div class=3D"">
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small">They used bags =
of expanding
foam to secure the windshield in place. The whole bottom of the =
box was
the same foam. And, best of all, when I got it out. the windsield =
was
intact.</div>
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small"> </div>
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small">No, its not the =
windshield for
an old Chevy Cameo or something. LMC is Long Motor Corp, parent of
VB. I guess they share boxes.</div>
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small"> </div>
<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small">Stu</div>
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