Marcos Maniacs

There are a lot more glass rear screens on coupes than most people are aware of. A few of the cars up here in Canada, including mine, have glass rear screens which are significantly clearer than the plexiglass variety. I switched out my plexiglass screen back in the early 80s and was amazed at the increased rear vision clarity. There were a LOT of problems with them due to the severe curvature at the sides and they were easily broken during fitting if not done properly. They used to be available from the Marcos Owners Club but I'm not sure if the club even exists any more. I haven't heard anything about them for quite some time.



Paul Dransfield
3 litre Volvo 3V5838


-----Original Message-----
From: marcostvrtr3 <mikedenman@...>
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, Apr 24, 2010 8:18 pm
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Real glass Rear Window


 

I have, perhaps, the only real glass, rear window for a Marcos in the USA. I bought the rear window from the Marcos club in the UK. I don't know if they are still selling/making them or not. I was told that the glass windows were expensive because the sharp curvature on the ends resulted in a large number of these rear screens being broke during the manufacture. Regardless, I have a glass rear window on my 1966 Marcos 1800 GT that I am thinking about selling. I was told that this rear window fit all of the Marcos cars from 1963 up through the 1970's and perhaps beyond. I am going to make my Marcos into a vintage race car and I am going back to a plexiglass rear window to reduce the weight. Email me at mikedenman@... if you have any interest.