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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Antioch, Ca.
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Best '72 Windshileds
Hey All,
My '72 C20 has a growing crack in the windshield, who makes the best fitting, price, and quality replacements? Is the replacement easy to do and who has any tips to help it go easier? Thanks!!
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Best '72 Windshileds
I just bought one for my '72 C20 from LMC Truck. I should get it tomorrow. Not interested in installing myself –*leaving that to the pros – but I'll let you know how it goes.
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Re: Best '72 Windshileds
Good idea leaving it to the pros for install. I took mine in last week and as they were putting in the last corner it broke and this is at a professional glass shop that has been around forever. The truck is going in tomorrow morning for the second try. I'll let you know if they get it this time. As a footnote the new windshield is about 5/8th's as thick as the original. When I mentioned it to them they said that is all that is available today but the green tint is throughout the windshield like the original .
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Re: Best '72 Windshileds
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1972 C10 Custom/Deluxe 613 Highlander 406/700R4 1999 White Tahoe LS 4x2 with Z56 Police Package 1992 K1500 GMC Suburban Members I have personally met: MusicMan70 - HeavyD - ChewyChevy67 - StingRay -71SWB4x4 - 67 Burb - DeadheadNM - too much stuff - bc65 - das601 " Circumsatances Do Not Change Responsibility " " The Sky is not the Limit, Your Mind is." Marilyn Monroe .. RIP Charlie Watts 1941 - 2021 |
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Re: Best '72 Windshileds
OH! , be brave do it yourself it's not brain surgery !
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Re: Best '72 Windshileds
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67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce |
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Re: Best '72 Windshileds
Pilkington. My son is a glazier with 20 years experience. The local glass companies call him for muscle car stuff. He says Pilkington... period.
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Location: springfield mo
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Re: Best '72 Windshileds
Id let your local glass shop supply the windshield. That way if they break the first one they only loose the profit.
I dont take my own eggs to the restaraunt..
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