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USAussie
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Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Ken,
I was told that the fogging around the edges was caused by dirt getting into the rubber seal, migrating to the bottom of the seal
and retain moisture which caused the fogging. That's why Ken and his crew apply black silicone between the seal and the glass.
He will also seal the edge with a sealant that keeps the moisture out of the plastic center which is what he did on Double Trouble.
Did Coach Glass tell you they had to be vacuum packed and sealed? I agree a large container would be impossible because of the size
it would have to have VERY thick walls considering the TONS of pressure on it at 14.7 pounds per square inch!
You could double bag and evacuate them, that's the way parts were packaged for Project Apollo.
Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808
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From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken Burton
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7:27 PM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Ken. Can we have new windshields installed in Amana Iowa in September.
I am also worried about how long these will still be available. All North American manufacturers quit making them a few years back.
As a result, the distributor of these went and got their own DOT number and took over having them made. They are being made
off-shore and shipped in by air. So we still have them available. Every year it becomes a little harder to get them in the
quantities we need. There are 4 stockage locations in the US all owned by the same manufacturing company. Those in turn supply all
other wholesale suppliers in the US. We ended up getting
the ones we needed from the warehouse farthest away and then not getting as many as we wanted. That was with a four month early
pre-order.
We did find 6 left side ones (no right sides) NOS in a secondary warehouse. They wanted double the price and been stored there for
several years. They were from a different manufacturer. That was not much help because most people want both sides. Even if we
found matching rights elsewhere we did not want two different manufacturers product in the same coach due to possible tint
differences.
We are just lucky that we even have them available for a 40 year old coach that only had a total production run of 12,000 vehicles.
I have thought about buying a pair or more and storing them in my basement for future use. For long term storage I was told that
they need to be edge sealed and vacuum packed. That would one very large air tight container that I would have to build or find.
I'm not sure how I would do that. I pictured something like a 55 gallon drum only 2.5 times the diameter. Then I thought about
some like a 50 cal ammo can only 10 times larger. I gave up on the idea.
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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