Just an update on the windshield rubber.
I talked to the guy yesterday.
He's gonna be out of town & won't have an estimate until Mon, May20.
He's trying to figure out how to do the white stripe.
One idea is the make the black piece with an indentation,
then make a white piece that could be bonded in the indentation.
Also, does anyone have a sample of one of the corners? John??
If so, could you send it to me?
He could sell us the 'rubber-by-the-foot',
or miter & bond the corners for us.
He'll give me an estimate both ways.
Till later....
Ken Roy
4848 Gershwin Ave
Oakdale MN 55128
651-770-2757
kdroy@hotmail.com


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Just an update on the windshield rubber.
One of the molding guys quit, & they got behind.
They sent me a partial quote just for the black rubber.
They now have to send me a quote on the white stripe which they will adhere
to the black rubber.
I also left them a windshield with an old rubber (thanks, Rick Fry),
so they could use that as a pattern to make a complete unit with vulcanized
corners.
I'm still not sure of the complete price.
I'm hoping for about $100, but it's hard to guess.
I should know more next week.

Till later.....
Ken Roy
Oakdale MN 55128
651-770-2757
kdroy@hotmail.com


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Well, here's another update on windshield rubber.
The good news/bads news story.
The Good News:
I talked to to rubber-guys, & they have a way to make the molding with the
white stripe molded right in, then vulcanize the corners to have a complete
unit.
They should have a price next week. (I've heard that before).
The minimum order would be higher, so I decided to call Hugh Gordon to see
if he wanted to get some in order to reach the minimum.
The Bad Mews: (or maybe good news cuz I found out in time).
When I told him about my project, he said he was doing the same & should
have some done by next week.
Knowing that, I may have to scrap my idea, unless my prices are a lot
cheaper.

Till later.....
Ken Roy
4848 Gershwin Ave
Oakdale MN 55128
651-770-2757
kdroy@hotmail.com


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Well, it's official.
Hugh Gordon has come up with a windshield rubber with a white stripe.
He had a sample in Celina, & it looked excellent.
The corners are all pre-glued(vulcanized),
so the rubbers are ready to use.
The white strip was made as a separate piece,
then interlocked & glued into the black piece so it shouldn't
fall out or dis-color.
He's selling them for $125 each, so I ordered one.
Needless to say, I'm abandoning my project of having these made.
I might have been able to do it a little cheaper,
but it's now not worth the hassle.
Thanks for all the response I got on this.
I misplaced some of my notes,
so whoever sent me the complete rubber sample, do you want it back??

Oh yeh, I want to thank everyone who bought parts from me.
It allowed me to make enough to pay Gordon for all the parts
I bought from him.
Ken Roy
Oakdale MN 55128
651-770-2757
kdroy@hotmail.com


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I was at Gordon's this morning getting great advice from Scott on my
pilot shaft oil seal/double lip oil seal/clutch job and saw a pile of
these new windshield rubbers you are refrring to lying on the floor
of the warehouse.

They look pretty good to me!

Ed Howard
Orange County, CA
64 Red (currently with tranny on the garage floor!)

--- In amphicar-lovers@y..., "Ken 'KD' Roy" wrote:
> Well, it's official.
> Hugh Gordon has come up with a windshield rubber with a white
stripe.
> He had a sample in Celina, & it looked excellent.
> The corners are all pre-glued(vulcanized),
> so the rubbers are ready to use.
> The white strip was made as a separate piece,
> then interlocked & glued into the black piece so it shouldn't
> fall out or dis-color.
> He's selling them for $125 each, so I ordered one.
> Needless to say, I'm abandoning my project of having these made.
> I might have been able to do it a little cheaper,
> but it's now not worth the hassle.
> Thanks for all the response I got on this.
> I misplaced some of my notes,
> so whoever sent me the complete rubber sample, do you want it back??
>
> Oh yeh, I want to thank everyone who bought parts from me.
> It allowed me to make enough to pay Gordon for all the parts
> I bought from him.
> Ken Roy
> Oakdale MN 55128
> 651-770-2757
> kdroy@h...
>
>
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