Windows '64

[j4]

While checking that pto452's windows were in fact safety glass, I noticed that they bore the brand-name "Indestructo" over the kite-mark symbol. Out of curiosity, I googled for "Indestructo" and "Triplex", and turned up the following:
http://drcwww.kub.nl/~bogaard/glas.htm

It's like a top sekrit code! It's better than Pig Pen!

From the surprisingly high-information marks on the windows I've deduced that my windscreen, rear screen, and all my side-windows were made in Q1 of 1964. The quarter-lights look to have been replaced later -- they're actual Triplex, and while the dots under the letters are a bit unclear I think the windows are March 1970 (for the driver-side quarter-light) and March 1975 (passenger-side).

Absolutely fascinating. Now I just need to find out what sort of glass would have been used originally...

Comments

[kaet.livejournal.com]

You can't just say a word like Indestructo like that. You have to say

[j4.livejournal.com]

<giggle> Fantastic! Thank you, that really cheered me up.

[imc.livejournal.com]

Captain Scarlett, Indestructo-ble!

[fanf]

Reminds me a bit of gold hallmarks, which use a letter and a typeface to identify the date of a piece of cutlery etc. Though rather more eccentric.

[daneel-olivaw.livejournal.com]

Animatrix Soundtrack album? Any good?

[hoiho.livejournal.com]

Bangin'

Oh, sorry, I meant "it's really rather good, actually".

[daneel-olivaw.livejournal.com]

Any chance of an offsite backup from one of you? </cheeky>

[j4.livejournal.com]

Well, since I'm the one who owns it... :-)

It is pretty good, actually, and I'm happy to do you a copy. Swap for a copy of the Reloaded soundtrack CD?

[daneel-olivaw.livejournal.com]

Fine. It'll take me a day or three... I'll ping you when I've scraped the tuits together.

[imc.livejournal.com]

The version of Pigpen (http://starbright.dyndns.org/imc/pigpen.gif) I know is slightly different from that (and requires fewer dots).

[j4.livejournal.com]

Oh, you know the complicated version! Mind you, you're a l337 puzzle-solver, so I suppose that was only to be expected. :-)

Did you, by any chance, ever play Spy's Demise (on the Apple or Atari, & possibly other machines as well)? If so, did you come anywhere near cracking the code?

the complicated version

[imc.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I didn't think that was as complicated as the one which uses exactly one dot in each symbol. :-)

Did you, by any chance, ever play Spy's Demise

Sorry, haven't heard of it (I only had a Spectrum and I wasn't really a gamer).