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MG TD TF 1500 - Glass Wind Wings?

Seems like all the wind wing ads I've read claims the wind wing glass is made of plastic. Who's making them out of glass? PJ
Paul S Jennings

All I have ever seen were Plexiglas...don't think I have ever seen glass.
David Sheward 55 TF1500 # 7427

The light plexi ones vibrate loose often enough that I would hate to think what heavier glass ones would do. Also, I believe the good ones are curved at the end for better wind flows, a feature difficult to do with glass.

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

If glass it would have to be safety glass. Again I agree with others that they were always plexiglass.

There are some out there (I have a set) that used flat sheeting without the curve. My current ones are AMCO from the early 60's I think although I replaced the plexiglass at one time locally. It has the small swoop that allows it to nestle close to the body when you put on the sidescreens.
Christopher Couper

Yep. The flat ones really need to be removed before you can put the side screens on. One of these days I'll get bold enough to try heating and curving mine.
D A Provan

Is anyone producing and selling the curved ones? Mine are flat and I have the same issues with the side screens

Regards

Jan
Jan Emil Kristoffersen

Plexiglas is relatively easy to work with,,, get some at your local hardware store and experiment with it,,, It can be cut on a band saw, and drilled, the key is to use DULL fine blades and drills, with a SLOOOOW feed, so you actually heat through the cut,,, bending takes a bit of practice,, but once you find the correct temp, it can be done,, To finish off an edge, run a hand held torch over the edges,,,

SPW
SPW Wincze

I have the smaller, flat wind wings and am able to use sidecurtains with them in place - I think it depends on how the hinges are mounted to the actual glass/plexiglass. I had glass replacements made - they are heavier as mentioned above - but they look so much better than the crazed/cracked plexi - I had the glasscutters make a nice rounded edge on the pieces to match the originals. No problems with them shaking loose yet.
DLD

Jan: I had my local plastics shop fabricate my replacements. The way they did it was to cover the originals in felt and then clamped the new ones onto the old. Then they heated up the new one and allowed it to 'fall' onto the original.
Christopher Couper

Thank you Chris, another job on my do-list!

regards,

Jan
Jan Emil Kristoffersen

This thread was discussed between 28/05/2014 and 07/06/2014

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