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Old 02-09-2011, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim Maxwell View Post
The original windwings for 289 and 427 Cobras were Plexiglas brand. They were cut from large sheets of the stuff and rarely one of the wings would have the Plexiglas logo from the corner of the sheet on the windwing.

I'll try to post a photo of such a windwing tomorrow.

Jim Maxwell
For clarification, the material was Rohm & Hauss PLEXIGLAS®. The company that made the wind wings (sunvisors, bumper hoops, and lugagge racks) was AMCO™. Arkema, Inc. now owns the PLEXIGAS brand I believe.
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