[TR] Trivex glass - read TRIPLEX

[Don Hiscock]

John, on the subject of Triplex and Triumphs, you and others might get a
kick out of one of the cars on the grid for the Gerry Marshall Trophy race
at this year's Goodwood 74th Members' Meeting, 19-20 March
https://4xdog.smugmug.com/photos/i-4vKH9jF/0/X3/i-4vKH9jF-X3.jpg

BR,

Don


On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:44 AM, John Macartney <john.macartney at ukpips.org.uk
> wrote:

> A propos the recent thread on TR3 windscreens, I thought I'd post the
> details below for the autox.team.net archives - and anyone else who likes
> collecting addresses.
> Many years ago, I spent about a year working for a wholly owned subsidiary
> of this company and they had all the necessary jigs for making screens for
> old Brit cars. About a year back, I was told they still had those jigs but
> whether this still applies is anyone's guess. They only make screens in
> laminated glass (mandatory for the U.S.) but you could order:
>
> Clear glass
> Clear with blue top tint
> Clear with bronze top tint
> Blue
> Blue with darker blue toptint
> Blue with bronze top tint
> Bronze
> Bronze with dark blue toptint
> Bronze with darker bronze top tint
>
> If anyone out there has some really ancient Jap stuff from the 70's and
> early 80's, they can also do screens for Jap cars in the Japanese blue.
> This
> was a shade unique to Japanese cars in the day and largely came about
> because of a unique chemical element in Japanese sand used in making
> vehicle
> glass.
>
> This is the place to contact:
>
> Triplex Replacement Service Ltd
> Main Road
> Queenborough
> Kent ME11 5BB
> United Kingdom
>
> Telephone: +(44) 1795 663311 (Remember the time difference. UK is +5 hours
> on East Coast time)
> Fax: +(44) 1795 668059
>
> Email: asdir at haymarket.com
>
> Have a 'smashing' time everyone. No financial interest on my part but I
> thought all y'all might find this info helpful?
>
> Cheers, Jonmac
>
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