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| Author: | phillb [ Sat May 22, 2010 10:08 pm ] |
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Saw a old Jag the other day with the Yellow/Red Triplex windscreen sticker, looked cool. I have seen them on Minis but have been told they were not fitted to Aus Cars. However if you look closely at old bathust photos you can see them on some cars in the centre of the windscreen. So wots the truth? |
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| Author: | 850man [ Sat May 22, 2010 11:41 pm ] |
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Its most likely that the photos of the minis at bathurst are of english built imported coopers/cooper S's that would of still had there original windscreens. I do not belive that Australian built cars had the decal. Post the photo so we can have a better look at the cars. |
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| Author: | phillb [ Sun May 23, 2010 7:51 am ] |
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Below is Tony Fall Bathurst 1967, that would have to be a Aussie car wouldn't it. Also the Mk11 featured in TME (the yellow one) has the sticker both in it's restored form and in a period shot of the car. There are a few seen in the ad for Auto pics often on the insde cover of TME, car 11 and the green lightweight. 
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| Author: | gafmo [ Sun May 23, 2010 9:00 am ] |
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looks like the same sticker on Ebay at the moment |
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| Author: | AEG163job [ Sun May 23, 2010 10:33 am ] |
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I'm fairly certain Oz cars did have them from the factory & I would guess many owners would have removed them and maybe some dealers too during pre-delivery. |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Sun May 23, 2010 2:59 pm ] |
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One of the rules for Bathurst at the time was a compulsory laminated windscreen. The Cooper S came stock with a laminated screen but maybe the addition of the sticker could have been to alert the scrutineers that they did have the correct screen and maybe also to advertise the screens (in a way that would neatly get around the no-advertising rules at the time) Or the stickers may have come with the windscreens and been used as a sign that the correct screens were being fitted. |
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| Author: | gafmo [ Sun May 23, 2010 8:54 pm ] |
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I did always think their was no advertising back then...but now their is a sticker on the windscreen 
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| Author: | low n blown [ Sun May 23, 2010 9:24 pm ] |
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the yellow bathurst car in TME is mine.I have been restoring cooper s' for many years. The triplex windscreen was factory fitted to cooper s' in australia and yes they were fitted with the sticker. I previously owned a one owner tamarisk green MK2 police pack cooper s still fitted with its original triplex screen and still had its triplex sticker. The car went on to win RACQ restored car of the year in 1998 among many other concourse events. There are numerous pics of locally produced s's with the sticker in place. Check mini minor down under book. |
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| Author: | low n blown [ Sun May 23, 2010 9:26 pm ] |
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PS I currently have a couple of original triplex screens as well as one in the car. They clearly state LAMINATED. No need to put on a sticker to prove it as well. |
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| Author: | MG Rocket [ Sun May 23, 2010 9:41 pm ] |
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low'n blown wrote: PS I currently have a couple of original triplex screens as well as one in the car. They clearly state LAMINATED. No need to put on a sticker to prove it as well.
So the sticker WAS advertising! |
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| Author: | low n blown [ Mon May 24, 2010 5:16 pm ] |
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MG Rocket wrote: low'n blown wrote: PS I currently have a couple of original triplex screens as well as one in the car. They clearly state LAMINATED. No need to put on a sticker to prove it as well. So the sticker WAS advertising! Same goes for Dunlop written on the tyres then?? |
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| Author: | MG Rocket [ Mon May 24, 2010 5:21 pm ] |
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low'n blown wrote: MG Rocket wrote: low'n blown wrote: PS I currently have a couple of original triplex screens as well as one in the car. They clearly state LAMINATED. No need to put on a sticker to prove it as well. So the sticker WAS advertising! Same goes for Dunlop written on the tyres then?? Well...yes.... if they stuck a sticker on 'em. Of course quite unreadable. |
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