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Title: Origin and vintage of "Armourglas" glass Post by: FB_Ute on September 29, 2008, 06:57:40 PM Hi all,
Does anyone know whether window glass with these markings are from the 1960s or 1970s (or later, maybe)? (http://users.bigpond.net.au/otl/quarter_vent_glass.jpg) I'm trying to work out whether the one on the left is 1963 or 1973 (the dot's under the "M"), and likewise, whether the one on the right is 1960 or 1970 (the dot's over the "S" in "Armourglas"). The glass is from the quarter vent windows on our FB ute. Thank you! Cheers .... jacquie Title: Re: Origin and vintage of "Armourglas" glass Post by: mcl1959 on September 29, 2008, 09:29:23 PM Sorry can't help, these etchings are not the same as FE FC glass etchings so hopefully someone with an FB or EK can help you.
Ken Title: Re: Origin and vintage of "Armourglas" glass Post by: FB_Ute on September 30, 2008, 08:14:55 AM Thanks, Ken. I should have also said that this glass can't be original. Original FB glass was "Armourplate Safety Glass" and I'm guessing GMH wouldn't have fitted different glass in the quarter vent windows. Even if different glass was fitted, the dots on the Armourglas logos give timeframes that don't make sense for a car that we believe was assembled in December 1960 or January 1961. So it has to be replacement glass.
But the origin and vintage of the Armourglas glass in our ute is proving frustratingly elusive. The only reference to Armourglas that I've found thus far was on a Ford forum in the UK. That dated the glass to the 1960s. However, though the logo on the Ford forum was strikingly similar to the photo on the right, it was different enough for me not to shout "Eureka!". I've talked to Pilkington but they couldn't help. So I'm hoping someone, somewhere, will know something about it. In the meantime, I'll just have to keep hunting. :-) Cheers & thanks again .... jacquie |