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

[Will Seay]

I know this isn't *just* about windshields but these guys claim to have
windshields in stock and ready to ship:
Rootesparts <http://www.rootesparts.com/id103.htm>

Will - 382001570
Tigers at embarqmail.com


On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 6:58 PM Jay <jay.laifman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> Joe Brown:* "Do we have another source for windshields?"*
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> 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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