CLEAR glass quarter lights (fixed fronts, opening rears)

[Mark1Stu]

Clear as opposed to Sundym glass is hard to find now.

Triplex branded and mainly fitted to late MK1 Interceptors/FFs and MK2s. However, according to the mighty referencing work of the late Richard Calver, some MK3s also.

Pictures and further details to follow.

[Mark1Stu]

Pictures of handed set of matching clear quarterlight glass.

£35 per item plus delivery. Will split.

Some light scratches - the worst on one rear quarterlight.

[Dion]

Just curious - next to what letter is the dot on the "toughened" print on the glass? Some first class restorers go for that kind of date marked things.

[Mark1Stu]

Oooh, I didn’t appreciate that Dion. Just had a look and the dot is under the last ‘E’ of Toughened. Same for all.

Stu

[Dion]

Thanks Stu. Minus points for a pre-1968 car owner
Only if a meticulous jury notices this of course. Do they actually look for these kind of things?

[Mark1Stu]

Hi Dion.

Well, David Newby once noticed that a rear quarterlight glass in my FF was of a different year, so yes!

Had a look on line regarding date coding and stumbled across this: http://www.bobine.nl/turner/01-general- ... ate-codes/

Stu

[Mark1Stu]

Provisionally sold.

Update: no further correspondence from potential buyer, so back up for sale.

All packaged up ready to post….or it’ll be put back in the loft!

[adamleamy]

Thank you for posting that glass-dating link, Stuart.

I just looked at some pics of my old windscreen, replaced a few weeks ago. It would appear to have had a fourth-quarter of 1977 date of manufacture, per dot location.

With the old, potentially 46 year-old windscreen, when I drove west on local streets in the afternoon on a sunny day, I was never really troubled by road hazards, traffic signs, local deer, and the like. I find that with the new windscreen, driving west in the afternoon on a sunny day on these same local streets, I'm seeing lots of people who, the moment they see the car, make rude gestures, while fleeing to the sidewalks. Funny, that.

Adam