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My '38 has a roll-up blind for the rear window. I don't recall seeing it as a dealer-installed accessory in any of the documents I have.
It is very brittle, so I am not going to touch it until I have to. Last time I unrolled it was back in '77 when I was very young. No one else except my Dad knew it existed.
Is it a rare accessory, or was it common for most Chevys to have it back then?
~Jim
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The rear window roll-up shade was a long running standard equipment item in Deluxe sedans for many years. The 1938 Master Deluxe was the last year it was used.
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I think Hampton Coach sells them.
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Haven't checked, but it might be pricy...Hampton and all...
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If 1938 was the last year for the roll up blind for the rear window, did Chevrolet offer the fixed metal venetian blinds for the rear window in 1939? I know that the metal venetian blings were available for 1940.
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Have seen fixed blinds for my year...Don't know what there for ...too old for necking...lo
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Thanks to all for replying. I think I will just go to Walmart and get a brown one, cut it to size with a sawzall, and glue it in place to make it look new. Car show judges will not check it as I plan to have a vicious-looking Chihuahua sleeping back there. 
~Jim
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I would bet you could remove it entirely and go to 50 car shows and no one would even notice including judges..
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