First car with bonded windscreen

[pasogrande]

I just read on-line that "The Tasmin was the first production car in the world to have both a bonded windscreen and also to incorporate the aerial in the rear screen heater element"

Is this true?

Wilf.

[350zwelgje]

Think the Rover SD1 beats bonded windscreens bya few years (1976).
Don't know about the aerial, at least that was not the setup on the convertibles

TVR was sometimes a forerunner (perhaps guinea pig and at lower cost), think two pack paint is one of them in the seventies, later perhaps waterbased paint.

Rob

[gog440]

I read that on wikipedia too

The aeriel was on the FHC only

[marcus1875]

no aerial in the rear window of my fhc, in fact i have an aerial above the ns rear eheel. i've an 1982 fhc.
marcus

[marcus1875]

no aerial in the rear window of my fhc, in fact i have an aerial above the ns rear eheel. i've an 1982 fhc.
marcus

[Wedg1e]

marcus1875 said:

no aerial in the rear window of my fhc, in fact i have an aerial above the ns rear eheel. i've an 1982 fhc.
marcus

The aerial was the heater element. Hidden behind one of the interior trim panels was a thing called a 'Bifi' which allowed DC up the cable to power the element, and radio signals to be split off. Same principle as that used to power satellite dishes... and also used by Ford on the Sierra, though they claimed to have spent a fortune getting it to work properly. Unlike TVR - which is why many FHCs have an aftermarket aerial. My '80 Tasmin did, but when I had it repsrayed I binned the aerial and had the painter fill the hole: I hardly ever listen to the radio in any vehicle, and there are two simple reasons for this: Steve Wright and Chris Evans

[marcus1875]

Oh I see, didn't know that. I stand corrected!