Mom had them on her 1960 & 1971 Beetles. As Johnny Ringo said, they work well if installed correctly. Basically they prevented condensation from occuring directly on the glass, hence the windows wouldn't frost up when it was below freezing. I do remember then going milky after many years of service. Canadian Tire sold tons of them.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
We had them on our cars when I was a kid, and until about the late 80's we sold lots of them in our shop. And yes, that big back one, I think they were something like 12"x36" were a bear to get stuck on properly.
I still deal with Temro items and it seems to me that was who made them.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
We were still selling them when i worked at canadian tire in 1996. they were in 3 or 4 different sizes. If you read the Manitoba Highways act about required equipment, it still states that it is law to have them on all windows that do not have a defrost vent, like your rear window in some cases, typical government document, you have not even been able to buy these things for 20 years!
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MY BEAUMONT HAS 4 STUDDED TIRES AND 2 BLOCKHEATERS......AND LOTS OF OIL UNDERNEATH. The other one has a longer roof.
We used them on our cars and they worked well if installed correctly. One step-up were the rear window stick-on 12v electric lines that plugged into your lighter socket, now they worked.
Brian
We had them on our cars when I was a kid, and until about the late 80's we sold lots of them in our shop. And yes, that big back one, I think they were something like 12"x36" were a bear to get stuck on properly.
I still deal with Temro items and it seems to me that was who made them.
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.........Yes, Temro , I couldn't remember who made them. I was glad when they made the glue clear. The older black stuff was much harder to clean off and looked so old style on the car.
Yeah, at least they were not quite so obvious with the proper glue. Remember they also had the little black dots inside them to space them out from the window to maintain a big enough air space?
The first dual pane windows!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
My boss was cleaning up his shop, found this and gave it to me. GM frost shield part #992178 made in Canada. One more thing to hang on the wall as I don't want to take it out of the package.
Basically they prevented condensation from occurring directly on the glass, hence the windows wouldn't frost up when it was below freezing.
Like dual pane house windows.
My Dad had the cigarette lighter plug-in ones like Brian described.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Both grandfathers had dealt with more than a few of these in MB. Grandpa Meyers at his store in Lac Du Bonnet and Grandpa Harrison at Dominion Motors in Winnipeg. (Center)
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