10-06-2018, 05:21 PM
Thanks for the advice and I’ve managed to find a couple of leads for suppliers of classic car windscreens to follow up next week. Originally I had intended to cut my own from 6mm thick polycarbonate sheet thinking if it’s used to make canopies for fighter aircraft, most industrial safety glasses and track racing cars it should be safe to use for an Austin Seven if just more susceptible to scratching. That was before I found out that it’s legal on all other road car windows apart from the windscreen – don’t really know why?
The main reason I was going down the plastic route was that I suspect a new glass screen will fail in the same way as the existing screen which requires a cut out for the vacuum wiper where it has failed at the corners. Bigger radius corners required or I wonder if drilling a hole for the shaft rather than a full cut-out would be a better solution? Any other suggestions?
The main reason I was going down the plastic route was that I suspect a new glass screen will fail in the same way as the existing screen which requires a cut out for the vacuum wiper where it has failed at the corners. Bigger radius corners required or I wonder if drilling a hole for the shaft rather than a full cut-out would be a better solution? Any other suggestions?