Wanted: Rear saloon screen with invisible element
 

Hello,

I know this is a long shot, but here goes...

When the windscreen man came to change the seal he discovered that the demister contacts had previously been araldited in, and had then broken off leaving a load of araldite residue. He's taken the screen away to see if he can get through to the contacts with a diamond drill, but in the meantime - and in case he can't do it - I thought I'd ask you folks if anyone, by some miraculous chance, has one of the rear screens that has the invisible heater element AND a good pair of terminals?

Got a new one from CVI,also try Skandix😎

In stock at Brookhouse?

Thanks. I'm hanging on to see whether my man can salvage the existing one. But I'll check it out. I didn't think the invisible element ones would be easy to come by.

Invisible elements? Was this standard or a result of more modern production processes?
I ask as my car wasnt fitted but it takes ages for the rear screen to clear. I also remember the original smiths units and the propensity for damaged elements and the resulting fix using one of those pens and tape!
There are also a couple of companies who can supply heated front screens. Again would be useful if when making a change the additional cost is low enough.
Russ

Story about Amazon HRW’s as I was told a long time ago. Might even be true! For the 1969 models of the 140 and 1800 Volvo started fitting HRW’s. 140’s had their warm air through the sills system that was always hit and miss and the 1800 had nothing. Amazons had nothing either but they didn’t get it added to the spec. Volvo were doing their best to reduce the spec of the Amazon and keep the price down so the HRW would have been quite a bit extra on the price as a new item. Swedish Amazon owners didn’t take too kindly to this and lobbied Volvo to keep up with the times and also maintain their safety stance by fitting one. Volvo, probably knowing that that the Amazon only had a year or so to go, made excuses. Yes cost would also have been for a change in the wiring loom and a switch and fuse provision. The Swedes kept up the fight and sometime later Volvo gave in. It took longer than expected to get samples from their glass supplier (Sekurit?) into Volvo QC, possibly due to the extra curvature of the screen compared to the relatively flat 140 and 1800 ones. With only months to go before the end of the line Amazons, Volvo offered it as a spare part so the Swedes were able to have the HRW as a dealer fit item before delivery of a new car. That saved Volvo having to fit any on the production line with any relevant changes as mentioned. Some owners of relatively new Amazons obviously also took their cars into the workshops for an upgrade. That’s why there seems to be quite a few late ones with them fitted.

Mine's a '67 which doesn't make it late production - are you saying my rear screen was retrofitted, Derek? If so it was a very enlighted decision by the then owner, it's one of the highlights of the car in terms of spec!

Thanks,

Andy.

Andy, that is possible, they were available from Volvo for many years back then but got harder to find as the years went by. With classic status they started to become more readily available when it was found viable to get batches made. Even now availability is sporadic.
About 30 years ago I saw an HRW on a Blue 123GT that was sitting semi derelict in a yard. It was the first one I'd seen. It also had rear seat belts. Triple S might remember this one as it had the most horrendous amount of electrics under the hood with about 3 banks of GT relays. Wires were like a spider web amongst the real spider's webs. Had studded tyres on too..........

Sharp as a button as always, Derek - so unlike me...

I can't recall whose/where that was - in Kent? Maybe Bob Partridge's spare car? Please give me a clue so as to jerk my slumbering brain into action again.

P

Can't help you much Paul. Mid Kent/Sussex border?, Farmyard with old ploughs. Did appear later on the bay I think at about £500. I see that eBay is 22 years old so that might just be possible. I think I might have pics somewhere but finding them unlikely except by luck. We just need to find someone with a blue GT with HRW and rear seat belts, reels were on the back shelf, and that might just possibly be the one. It was well restorable back then.