Re: [OMC-Boats] OMC Myth Busted -- The Deluxe 17 and Sweet 16Windshield Origin

Nope. There were a lot fewer boats built in Canada. Your chances of finding a plexi are slim too none. Besides they don't age well, either.

But you could probably have a plexiglas shield made much easier, especially if you had a good plexi sheild for a pattern.

Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: omc-boats-bounces@... [mailto:omc-boats-bounces@...ultimate.com] On Behalf Of jd
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:01 PM
To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] OMC Myth Busted -- The Deluxe 17 and Sweet 16Windshield Origin

So there's a good chance there's a lot more of the plexiglass ones floating around in the world than the fragile glass ones?

On May 12, 2009, at 6:18 PM, Lee Shuster (lib1) wrote:

> No. What I actually meant to say was: the Canadian-built 16-footers
> used Plexiglas screens.
>
> Sorry, I stand corrected...
>
> Lee
>
>
> On May 12, 2009, at 6:45 PM, dan wrote:
>
>> Lee... then your saying my 17' OMC Deluxe was built in the
>> states ? it has a powered glass windshield..... Dan
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Lee Shuster
>> To: 'Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's'
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:05 PM
>> Subject: [OMC-Boats] OMC Myth Busted -- The Deluxe 17 and Sweet
>> 16Windshield Origin
>>
>> Okay guys -- after years of hearing this OMC "urban legend" or myth
>> about the Deluxe 17 windshield design originating in Detroit I
>> decided to do some additional research. Here are my findings:
>>
>> The unique OMC 17 Deluxe - Sweet 16 windshield was made expressly for
>> OMC by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. The unique industrial design
>> work was by Myron Stevens, OMC in-house designer, who joined OMC from
>> Brooks Stevens Associates in Milwaukee (no family relation to
>> Brooks). You will recall Brooks Stevens did Evinrude's product
>> styling and logo designs for many years. See:
>> http://hhscott.com/evinrude/brooks_stevens.htm
>>
>> The tooling for forming the Deluxe 17 - Sweet 16 windshield (USA
>> market-only*), was designed, funded and owned by OMC and used by PPG
>> in their Pittsburg, PA plants to produce the OMC USA-market
>> windshields. The windshield was made of "float" plate glass ( a
>> process relatively new in 1960), in which the molten glass is floated
>> on a pan of molten lead and allowed to solidify there, producing a
>> smooth surface and optically uniform thickness, just like ground and
>> polished plate glass. This is a very touchy process in which the
>> glass (in a plastic state, maintained by gas flame heat), is laid on
>> a flex frame which warps the glass into its unique curved "sagged"
>> shape and then is rapidly cooled by air jets to temper it.
>> See:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Float_glass
>>
>> The tubular stainless steel perimeter molding was installed by
>> another company with a rubber insert all around that was bonded right
>> to the glass to protect the edge of the windshield. This was needed
>> so the ball sockets for the tilting pivots could be welded right to
>> the molding before it was put on. Windshields were shipped from
>> Pittsburg, PA eventually making their way to Waukegan, IL for final
>> assembly.
>>
>> It is important to point out that these marine-application
>> windshields were manufactured of non-laminated tempered safety glass,
>> which cannot be used in the U.S. for automotive windshields.
>> Automotive laminated plate glass has been mandatory since 1927, which
>> has a thin layer of flexible clear plastic film called polyvinyl
>> butyral (PVB) sandwiched between two or more pieces of glass.
>>
>> So, for the OMC Deluxe 17 - Sweet 16 marine windshield THERE NEVER
>> WAS A CONNECTION WITH ANY AUTOMOTIVE WINDSHIELD, though some of the
>> same manufacturing processes were used for both, but DEFINITELY not
>> the same shape.
>>
>> Next time you have your Deluxe 17 or Sweet 16 out, enjoy the view.
>> Take extremely good care of that rare piece of glass; as it will be
>> hard to come by a replacement. The re-tooling costs to reproduce this
>> baby would definitely be astronomical!
>>
>> Myth most definitely busted!!
>>
>> * Canadian market, Peterbourgh-built boats used Plexiglas windshields
>>
>> Lee Shuster
>> OMC Boats Myth Buster
>>
>> Keep 'en floatin'
>>
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