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Can anybody tell me if the front windshield is layered ( maybe later types ) or hardened glas on the luv and if so can you always swap them ( no change in model through the years ? )

If you would like to buy a new windshield is this still possible ?
I ask these questions because i dont like hardened windshields for safety reasons at high speeds.

yeah, i did a trade with a window guy. it was about 175 bucks for the install AT MY HOUSE. he came to me.

If i remember right, they are the two layer safety glass like everything else is. You see- we have a 8' potatoe launcher and tried to send a few spuds through a 'donor' luvs windshield. shattered both sides of the glass, and the thick membrane in the middle held it toghether.

Thanks 77ssluv now know that at least they are availeble . Hope they stay availeble the coming years , always a problem with old cars that are not very much appreciated by the big crowd . Saw a company on the Net selling rubber for the windshield Isuzu / chevy luv so think thats still ok too .

When you say you have a potato launcer , do you mean a SPUDGUN ? If so GREAT !! Thought about making one a few years ago read all about it on the Net

TELL ME SOME MORE ABOUT IT !!!

You start with a 4" ABS fitting, its the y fitting. this is key- the 4" has a 2" y coming off it. the sole purpose of this is for a handle. buy the necc. fittings to plug the 2" handle, and the fittings to plug the back of the 4". but you will need the screw in piece on the back. this is where you unscrew the back to load the fuel/ air mixture. In the middle of the screw in fitting, drill it out to put in one of the barbque push button ignitors. You now have a 4" abs chamber, plugged on the back with a screw out fitting to load, and with a 2" Y that is plugged as the handle. now for the barrel. reduce it down to a 2" female on the front side of the 4" ABS Fitting. now you can build more that one barrell, and just screw it in.

Ive launched massive amounts of spuds and have it down.
1 1/2" barrels that are short will launch smaller spuds quickly, and are very loud, like a gun.

a 2" barrel- short is going to give a loud quick shot to a larger spud

BUT- a 5-6' barrell, 2", is perfect! the shot is full force and nearly silent. You get this huge WHISHSHSHshshshs. out the end of the barrel. want to play with fire? then add a little oxygen shot- A VERY LITTLE- to each fresh load. this is available if you have oxygen accetylene welders. Maybe nitrous would work.

also- blow out the barrel each time with fresh air. best accellerant is aqua net hair spray. WD40 is good but tempermental. I heard MAP gas is good too.

Caution- these are very dangerous and can do massive damage to a body! We shot one from the inside of a room, through the sheetrock and the waferboard and the lap siding of a new house. massive power.but i look at it this way, there are a lot of things that can be dangerous if not used responsibly. like a gun.....

bet your wife was loving you THAT day

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I think thats the difference between a males point of view, and a females. With the gaping hole in the wall, I was dumbfounded with AWE. Same thing when I chunked the stock rearend in the luv. the wife saw $ signs . I was on a high!

Nice to see youre into these things too 77ssluv ! Sorry for all that keybord work you explaining it but i know about these things ! Wanted to hear some funny experiences with them , i've always been interested in things that some people find crazy . Hey , otherwise we'd be really boring don't you think ?
Plastic pipes CAN be dangerous , never trusted them enough to make a spudgun my own. Read about a guy shooting fireworks in the air with a pvc (abs) pipe newyears time . Pipe exploded . He did not feel anything ( bit deaf in the ear ) Walked up to the campfire and asked for a beer . Everyone was looking at him with open mouths and in disgust . Was covered in blood and a few fingers dangeling ! First aid spend hours trying to get all the plastic out of him !
Wanted to make something similar to a spudgun but a bit bigger . Propane tank with ten feet 4 inch metal pipe protuding from it , opening cover on the side for venting and weaker spot so it would never explode etc. Big volume , high velocity . With measured amound of fuel totally repeatable and safe . Thought of shooting bricks etc through a wreckyard car i din't like ......!! or into the ocean and see how far i could get ( i live by the sea ) Anyway never got to it . When i think of it maybe better so , it wouldn't have taken long before they would take it from me and locked me up for thinking i was some nut terrorist trying to shoot Boeings out of the sky ..........!!!!! And yea larphead , women probably don't understand these exiting things haha

Kind of like when they go jewelry or shoe shopping!!

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