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I am replacing all the glass in my ’45 Chevy Pickup. I do have 1 uncracked side window, but it has the usual discoloring around the edges. I don’t necessarily want my truck to look like it just rolled off the line, but I do want the windows to be consistent.

Since I’ve never worked with auto glass, I’ve been nervous about approaching this aspect of my restoration. In considering my options, I’m definitely in a position to depend on others to put this package together.

Bob’s Classic Auto Glass rose to the top of my on-line searching. Gave them a call, Jay answer right away. He answered all my questions knowledgeably for a 1/2 hour. If there was a little bit of a question, Bob was right there in the background to answer as I listened in.

There are several curve balls to this project that Jay covered that I had no inkling of. Some of them made me happy that Bob’s is a 1-stop-shop. I was able to order quality rubber seals from them as well as glass. But Jay did tell me about the “glass setting tape” aspect of the job, where I’ll have to find a local auto glass shop that does old cars for that.

By the end of it, I had confidence enough to pay about $800, 50% of it non-glass components. The credit card will not be charged until the package is ready to ship, which will be about a month. Bob’s did have a couple bad reviews, but they were both related to initially emailing rather than calling them. That was super easy to get around!

I’ll add to this thread as I get along. In the mean time, we’d all like to get your input.

Jake

P.S. In terms of OEM for Judging, Jay said there are companies that lighly sand blast the period correct markings on unmaked glass. So, to leave that option open, I ordered CLEAR glass.