Tony:
I missed the first part of this thread, but as to windshield glass being
more brittle with age, I remember reading somewhere in one of my Mercedes
publications that the issue was with the thin layer of plastic in the middle
of the glass that became brittle.
As I recall, the tech note said that car windshields are laminated with a
layer of soft plastic in the middle to keep them from shattering. Over time
under exposure to UV the plastic becomes hard and the glass will shatter.
Steve Bauserman
67 Morgan 4/4
83 Mercedes 300SD
96 Cherokee Country
-----Original Message-----
From: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr. <ldmcjr@zebra.net>
To: Morgan Mailing List <morgans@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Sunday, February 08, 1998 12:12 AM
Subject: windshield
>Arlo -
>
>That windshield with the 1967 date on it was probably the date that size
>was first used - If you look at the amber and red plastic brake lights, you
>will probably see the date 1969, which was the first year that style was
>produced... I think they are still being used today...
>
>I, too, cannot imagine glass becoming more brittle with age...
>
>Tony
>
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>L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.
>Daphne, AL, USA
>
>ldmcjr@zebra.net
>http://www.zebra.net/~ldmcjr/
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