Joe West
05-09-2005, 07:34 PM
From: Mark Corbin <airvair@richnet.net>
To: Doug Mackintosh <dougmackintosh@hotmail.com>
Cc: virtualvairs@skiblack.com <virtualvairs@skiblack.com>
Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 9:49 PM
Re: <VV> Rear Windshield
>You mean you have the only dual cowl phaeton Corvair in existence? WOW!
>
>Anyone who knows anything about automotive terminology knows that that is
the
>only car that can possibly have a "rear windshield," because the WINDSHIELD
does
>exactly what its name implies. It SHIELDs the passengers from the WIND.
>
>What you are referring to is known as a BACKLITE in automotive terms. In
lay
>terms, it is sometimes misnamed a "rear window," which is crude and
inaccurate,
>but workable.
>
>As someone who is employed in the automotive industry, such gross mangling
of
>words grates against my nerves like the proverbial "fingernail across a
>chalkboard." OUCH!!!
>
>-Mark
>
>Doug Mackintosh wrote:
>
>> Who can recommend someone who can reseal my rear windshield,
>
>******************************
>
>
>majordomo@skiblack.com with "unsubscribe virtualvairs" (no quotes) as the
>first
>
To: Doug Mackintosh <dougmackintosh@hotmail.com>
Cc: virtualvairs@skiblack.com <virtualvairs@skiblack.com>
Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 9:49 PM
Re: <VV> Rear Windshield
>You mean you have the only dual cowl phaeton Corvair in existence? WOW!
>
>Anyone who knows anything about automotive terminology knows that that is
the
>only car that can possibly have a "rear windshield," because the WINDSHIELD
does
>exactly what its name implies. It SHIELDs the passengers from the WIND.
>
>What you are referring to is known as a BACKLITE in automotive terms. In
lay
>terms, it is sometimes misnamed a "rear window," which is crude and
inaccurate,
>but workable.
>
>As someone who is employed in the automotive industry, such gross mangling
of
>words grates against my nerves like the proverbial "fingernail across a
>chalkboard." OUCH!!!
>
>-Mark
>
>Doug Mackintosh wrote:
>
>> Who can recommend someone who can reseal my rear windshield,
>
>******************************
>
>
>majordomo@skiblack.com with "unsubscribe virtualvairs" (no quotes) as the
>first
>