Please help identify this...

[GNJC]

Hello all,

I've been advised by a friend that the pooled expertise of those on this forum should give an answer to a question I have.

The question is... what vehicle does the windscreen shown below come from? It has been at the back of a carport since at least 1965. It has no chips or cracks and no numbers, dots, printing or any other kind of code on it. It is about a quarter of an inch thick and I am guessing it is toughened.

I assume that I have placed the windscreen the correct way up.

Many thanks in advance for any help given.

G.

Edited by GNJC on Wednesday 21st September 20:47

[Jonnas]

Vauxhall Cresta PA?

Edited by Jonnas on Wednesday 21st September 21:01

[P100]

Hillman Minx rear screen ??

[530dTPhil]

I suggest that the glass is sitting on the roofline edge rather than the bottom body edge. Looking at the shape, the long curve, currently up in the air is likely to sit on the body. It looks more like a rear screen with the very sharp pointed corners.
Any chance of another photograph sitting the other way round please?
There probably is a kite mark somewhere on the glass, either top or bottom centre or in the corners by the points. If it's a UK produced glass it is likely to carry a very faint pale white, almost circular, Triplex marking. This will probably have faded and you will need to look very hard to see it.
More pics and have another look for the marks please.

[GNJC]

Two views of the windscreen the other way up, as requested.

I have looked very carefully for marks, shall look still more so tomorrow - and get my wife to do so too.

Note the narrowness of the window. I'm surprised how small it is.

Thanks for suggestions so far.

G.

[530dTPhil]

Not convinced that I am right having seen the pictures. I think that Vauxhall Victor F front screen is a possibility given the narrow width.

[alfa pint]

My first thought was a Cresta as well.

[530dTPhil]

I think that it's too narrow to be a Cresta.

[chard]

How about an after market hardtop??

This sort of thing

[v46m4n]

chard said:

How a about an aftermarket hard-top. Thinking Midget, Spitfire, Alpine.

there was a factory hardtop for a tr5 as i recall, could be for that

[Huntsman]

chard said:

How about an after market hardtop??

This sort of thing

That's a factory hard top for series 1,2 and 3 Alpine in aluminium, very nice.

[GNJC]

Phil was indeed right, my wife has found a mark (photo' below) reading 'TRIPLEX X X X TOUGHENED P'.

But it was the only mark to be seen, even by her so it must be the only one.

It it in the centre of what I guess is the lower part, about an inch and a half up from the edge.

Thanks.

G.

[Hugo a Gogo]

P100 said:

Hillman Minx rear screen ??

this I think

Minx series I-IIIc

[john2443]

530dTPhil said:

Not convinced that I am right having seen the pictures. I think that Vauxhall Victor F front screen is a possibility given the narrow width.

I thought that as well, but the bottom corners of the F have a radius, the screen is pointed, so it's not that, and I think it's too narrow.

[sim16v]

Triumph TR5 or similar hardtop window?

[530dTPhil]

Looks too big to be a hardtop rear screen, the sides wrap around a long way compared with the shot of the TR. OP says that it has been standing since 1965 unused, so perhaps unlikely to be something so desireable?

[Evangelion]

Sunbeam Rapier?

PS thanks for starting this thread OP. I've got a rear window sitting in my garage somewhere I need to get rid of, I shall have to post it on here!

[guru_1071]

if you have a look at the triplex logo and look for tiny dots near the letters you can date the screen - this may halp with a specific period

http://www2.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgb...