[FWDLK] Deep Purple....

[eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't seen modern auto glass in the hue (OR in the thickness!) of
our green tinted windshields, which almost qualify for "deep tint"
status.

Almost all deep tinted glass is slate gray, but I suppose that there are
some "Privacy Glass" applications in bronze, too.

I think that why the slate gray is so prevalent is due to its
neutrality,  and universal applicability (cost); sort of like the
ubiquitous gray interiors, nowadays.

I know that the green windshields conflict with the appearance of red
and gold paitwork.


In other words, "our" tinted W/S's are TOO colorful, to be able to be
widely used, today, when cars are SUPPOSED to be Post Moderne soul-less
robotic machines.

Neil Vedder


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• From: Wayne Graefen <wgraefen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:28:01 -0600

Thanks to Lou, Neil and others for educating me that green shading is once again available in auto glass.  I'm guessing that what must have happened over the last 45 years is that the glass industry has developed new compositions for the laminate plastic layer in glass which do not alter the perception of the human eye when viewing a red or green traffic light.  So now we have blue, bronze, green.   I do recall back around the very late '90s there were a few very bronze looking windshields coming at me on the highway in assorted Ford products from Crown Vics to Lincolns.

In my family as I grew up we had a '61 Pontiac with green shaded windshield that I maintained religiously.  Then we got a '65 Chevy and the blue shade of the windshield looked positively weird at the time.  Yeah, dad bought from the closest dealership, not by brand.  He did have a Dodge and Plymouth earlier and a Chrysler Newport and Plymouth VIP later.

Those of you who have seen a recent production windshield that was obviously green, was it a green similar to what we had back in OUR day?

Maybe, just maybe, if we petition the reproduction glass companies with our need for authenticity and originality, they will tint windshields that have pre '65 or so applications with the new green laminate.

 

Wayne

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