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1. Lexan, was : Spitfire windshields (score: 1): Author: "fredd" <fal@hiwaay.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:08:43 -0700; Lexan by itself is only used on very cheap low level armored cars, as in money transporters. Even then is has to be very thick, as 3/4" up to 1", and barely will stop a .38spl. So now you know that; /html/fot/2000-10/msg00206.html (7,985 bytes)
2. Re: Lexan, was : Spitfire windshields (score: 1): Author: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:32:08 -0700; On this topic.... and I know there's no one simple answer... as the shape, size, configuration, etc. of a windshield is going to make all the difference.. but in general... What thickness are people; /html/fot/2000-10/msg00208.html (9,410 bytes)
3. Re: Lexan, was : Spitfire windshields (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:49:43 -0700; 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 o; /html/fot/2000-10/msg00210.html (10,693 bytes)
4. Re: Lexan, was : Spitfire windshields (score: 1): Author: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:27:40 -0700; In one of my former lives...over a period of years, I used to vacuum form Plexiglass, Lexan, ABS, and Styrene, in sheets as large as 4' x 8'... (and w/o vacuum forming, 8' x 10' pieces!) and I made p; /html/fot/2000-10/msg00211.html (13,275 bytes)
5. Lexan, was : Spitfire windshields (score: 1): Author: "fredd" <fal@hiwaay.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:54:18 -0700; Lexan, Very correct, I forgot to mention that. That is why those money transporters only have Lexan in the doors, never as a windshield itself. On the windshield, if not solid very thick glass, the; /html/fot/2000-10/msg00212.html (8,090 bytes)
6. Re: Lexan, was : Spitfire windshields (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:57:10 -0700; As I stated in a previous message, I used it to replace the windshield on a bike I drove back in the early 70's. It was a bit more flexible but stood up well to air pressure from the front and didn't; /html/fot/2000-10/msg00213.html (8,997 bytes)
7. Lexan, was : Spitfire windshields (score: 1): Author: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 14:23:04 -0700; 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; /html/fot/2000-10/msg00214.html (7,968 bytes)
8. Re: Lexan, was : Spitfire windshields (score: 1): Author: TRBILBO@aol.com; Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:13:25 EDT; We always mount with rubber shim washers with large (1/2 to 1.0 inch head ) rivets to prevent cracking. Fyi. Lexan will crack if flexed or riveted as well. Trust me....I have two cracked Lexan shield; /html/fot/2000-10/msg00215.html (7,250 bytes)

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