FWIW, I once owned a street TR3A that had the windshield glass replaced with
Plexiglas (by a DPO), _and_ the center support missing. The plexi was just
shoved into the frame without even the original rubber buffer, and AFAIK was
not heated and bent to match the curvature of the frame (it flattened out when
removed). At certain speeds, the center of the frame would vibrate by 1/2" or
more, yet the plexi never cracked. I only ran it 3-4 months, as I really
wanted windshield wipers <g>
Randall
On Thursday, October 26, 2000 10:50 AM, Joe Curry [SMTP:spitlist@gte.net]
wrote:
> Justin,
> In one of my former lives, I used to make guards for presses out of
Plexiglas.
> I find that the stuff is very brittle and it doesn't
> take very much force to crack it. We would cut straight sections of it by
> scribing and flexing the piece against a table edge. It
> would always break in a straight line if properly scribed.
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