dates on window glass

[dieselpat]

hi folks how do u tell the date of a car by the window glass cheers pat

[ZetecVan 2.0]

If you are not quite sure of the year of your car but the decade is known just look for two dots in the TRIPLEX logo on the glass.

 

One dot above T R E or X gives the quarter of the year the glass was manufactured:

T = Jan Feb March

R = April May June

E = July Aug Sept

X = Oct Nov Dec.

but which year?

 

Nine letters make the word TOUGHENED one dot below a letter gives the year of the decade:

T = 1

O = 2

U = 3 and so on.

However if you see no dot the year is zero.

 

Say your car is a 1950's one

 

TRiplEX TOUGHENED with one dot over the 'R' in Triplex and the other under the last 'E' in Toughened indicates 'April/May/June 1958