[tcb] Re: Question about glass
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:24:14 -0600
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote:
> All this confusion about bus info makes one want to get into super
> beetles!
>
> Ok, maybe not.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, Dec 4, 2009 9:02 am
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Question about glass
>
> So the latch/track would be different because of the holes in the
> glass then.
> Interesting. I guess the slider track would be different for Sigla or
> Sekurit but not necessarily made by Sigla.
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 12/4/09, sammie smith /<bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Question about glass
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 8:38 AM
>
> Hmm! I am not an expert on VW glass: But, there was a period
> around 58-61 or so that VW put laminate glass in the side windows
> of the Type II. This was apparently made by Sigla glass. Most
> VWs, busses included, have tempered glass (non-sigla) including
> the windshield for all markets other than the US where tempered
> glass for windshields is not legal. For whatever reason for some
> busses for some short period of time VW put laminate
> (non-tempered) glass in the side windows. For the driver and
> passenger door sliding glass with non-tempered laminate glass
> there are no holes cut through the laminate for the slider latch.
> The slider is different. It fits up beside the glass, not through
> it, and is mounted on a slider bar that fits under the window.
> Maybe Terry or Will can chime in. I know Terry has at least one
> bus with the Sigla slider glass because I sold him one slider
> latch mounted on the slider bar for his bus. There are also
> several threads on the Samba re: the Sigla glass and the slider
> bar that goes with them.
>
> Apparently you cannot drill a hole through laminate glass and that
> is the reason for the uniques type of catch arrangement on these
> windows. Personally I am a fan of tempered glass and have never
> understood the US's rationale for the requirement of laminate
> glass. I think the tempered is much safer. And apparently the
> rest of the world agrees with me.
>
> --- On *Thu, 12/3/09, James Dwan /<james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>>
> Subject: [tcb] Question about glass
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 5:39 PM
>
> Sigla made glass not slider tracks right? I have found an ad
> that says *Late Logo slider Glass With SIGLA Track.
> *Is there such a thing? I don't need a track I need the Sigla
> glass.*
> *Thanks!
>
> James*
>
> *
>
>
>
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