[Tigers] Girling brake master reservoir (Moss Motors... windshields)

[Jay]

FWIW, Moss did contact Sunbeam Specialties to see if they would buy the VB Sunbeam stuff, and they declined.  Not sure if anything happened after that.  But, I really don’t care because VB stuff has proven to be bad time and time again.  So I hope it doesn’t end up with our better suppliers.

On the windshield, I bought a new windshield about 24 years ago.  I still have it on the car. But it did not fit the same.  The glass was a tad thinner than original.  I could put the original on and everything would fit, including the rubber and the stainless steel.  But when I put on the new one, it did not sit the same and the stainless would not fit right.  I ended up having to trim the stainless to fit.  Believe me, I went through it many times, back and forth, trying to solve it differently.  Fortunately it was “only” my Alpine.  

Just something to think about when looking for replacement glass.  My original Alpine glass was scratched and slightly delaminating.  The “new” glass is still fine.  But, I don’t know that I would file down any stainless at this point.  On the other hand, it seems beggars can’t be choosers.



> On Sep 8, 2021, at 3:51 PM, Tom Witt via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Joe Brown: "Do we have another source for windshields?"
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> This is a looming problem for not just Tigers, but the collector car world as a whole. Most people don't consider the need..., until they have the need. My understanding is windshields are made in batches..., as there is need. So, if the volume is not there to spark the manufacturer to  do a "run" availability dwindles. I mean who wants to manufacture a fragile, large product and then sit on it for years until YOU need it? 
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> About 8 years ago I was looking for a windshield for my 1964 Studebaker Daytona. There was ONE vendor in the mid-west (I'm west coast) that had ONE windshield in stock. When I asked if they were going to get more the owner replied, "Not likely." That windshield would have cost me over $600+ delivered. In the end I bought a used windshield that had scratches and  bull's-eye but at least it wasn't broken. In fact to cover myself I bought two at $100 each. I then spent 10 hours making a cradle to securely fit both windshields in my son's Honda Civic as it was a 400 mile trip from where they were. And as it was these were station wagon windshields that the seller cut a 1/2" section out to fit the sedan.  So, yea, sometimes it comes to measures such as that.
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> In this day and age of lasers and CNC you would think that windshield reproduction might be more practical. Or that modern plastics could replace glass as a means of making windshields available and reasonably priced. I saw on Wheeler Dealer how they cut a windshield for a Saab out of a late model Impala windshield. But the wraparound nature of the Tiger windshield negates that route. I didn't mean to ramble but least anyone be taken by surprise somewhere down the road ... . Hopefully not but the way businesses are changing you never know.
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