Corvette rear window tinted shield. Still make?
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Corvette rear window tinted shield. Still make?
When I bought my 1980 Corvette last summer, upon inspection of the interior I noticed a whole piece of conformed tinted plastic that fits inside the rear window. I called the seller and she said the former owner installed it in the car to prevent the interior from fainting. Cool! Does someone still make such an item?
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
When I bought my 1980 Corvette last summer, upon inspection of the interior I noticed a whole piece of conformed tinted plastic that fits inside the rear window. I called the seller and she said the former owner installed it in the car to prevent the interior from fainting. Cool! Does someone still make such an item?
I remember them because the vendor that made them set up in the building next to ours at Bloomington. I'm guessing but I'd have to say it was probably 1980 or so when I first saw them. I did twenty five years at that show so the years flow together.
Does anyone make them... Nope! No one makes them currently so you'd best hang on to the one you have.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
They were neat.... and considering I had a 79 it at the time it made them more appealing to me.
It was just a thin piece of plastic that was tinted.. and you would bow it when setting it in place.... The rear trim kind of held it in place (as did the tension of being bowed). It was a great idea but in "the day"... Just limited to five years of cars.
Cars like mine that had rear defrost.. it posed no danger to the defrost grid either.
It was just a thin piece of plastic that was tinted.. and you would bow it when setting it in place.... The rear trim kind of held it in place (as did the tension of being bowed). It was a great idea but in "the day"... Just limited to five years of cars.
Cars like mine that had rear defrost.. it posed no danger to the defrost grid either.
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No sense in taking a photo. It would be hard to see the shield. Mine is in excellent condition and it really does cut down the sunlight in the rear compartment. I was thinking of taking it out and selling it but being so rare I'm going to keep it in the car.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
I'll go back to the corner of my round room.. 
It's been a long day for me... lol... sometimes you gotta kick me in the head.
The guy that made them set up next to Kermit Park at the old Bloomington. You remember Kermit, he went by RNeck reproductions... and made all the reproduction battery trays. He also was the guy that owned the Route 66 car that he drove to the show...
It's been a long day for me... lol... sometimes you gotta kick me in the head.
The guy that made them set up next to Kermit Park at the old Bloomington. You remember Kermit, he went by RNeck reproductions... and made all the reproduction battery trays. He also was the guy that owned the Route 66 car that he drove to the show...
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Guys, take it easy. A bit early for reminiscence of this popular accessory. Several of our supplier partners sell them, including flea-bay.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/381335146812?fits=Model%3ACorvette
http://m.ebay.com/itm/381335146812?fits=Model%3ACorvette
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I had one, yuck...mine was the Gila pop in as Mike called it, a cat just gave it to me as he hated it...it was too thick which made getting it in tricky but forget getting it out with any ease, and even with the way the bowing held it in mine would make a noise here and there,
