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JoetheMobster · 09-01-2002, 10:07 PM

I come out this afternoon, and the first thing I see on my truck is a bunch of "water" on rear window. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that the "water" is in fact my rear window SHATTERED!!! It's in a million pieces, but still intact!

I just finished replacing the center bearing yesterday, and now this! It's going to take me years to find a friggin replacement window! All of the trucks around here are either on the road, in which case the owner would be VERY unhappy if I took thier glass, and ther other trucks are in the junkyard----with NO glass!

This truck is cursed! Either that or someone has a vendetta against the truck!

Son of a b#tch!

EDIT:

There was a purpose to this post, besides venting! Are the 67-72 years all similar in rear window glass? I have the single pane, and if all years are the same, that might be my only chance at replacing it.

ebfabman · 09-01-2002, 10:16 PM

Don't know about shipping cost, but I have one for $20 plus shipping if it will help.

Blue_71 · 09-01-2002, 10:17 PM

as far as i know there all the same except 67 small window, bummer abotu the glass.. i only see two ways that could happen
1: vadalism
2: it got VERY hot in the truck

**ThreeQuarter** · 09-01-2002, 10:19 PM

Welp, time to get out the clear packaging tape and tape it up so you can drive it around until you get a new window.

JoetheMobster · 09-01-2002, 10:21 PM

ebfabman:

Thanks, I might just take you up on the offer

Blue_71:

I think it was vandalism, as I can see where whatever hit the window, left a tiny mark, and the smashed glass radiates off this tiny mark like a central starting point.

Grrrr....little buggers!

JoetheMobster · 09-01-2002, 10:23 PM

gmcblu:

LOL, yeah! It actually looks kind of neat, looks sort of like frosted glass! But I know as soon as I start the truck, the window's going to come in on me! Yep, time for the tape.

**StingRay** · 09-02-2002, 12:35 AM

Joe, lots and I mean lots of rear windows out here in Saskatoon. I often throw them away. Let me know if you can't find one local and I will track you one down. I can probably find a free ride for it too but it would take quite a while for that.

Ray in Saskatoon

Hotrodhenryj · 09-02-2002, 12:44 AM

Sounds to me like you have a kid on the block loose with a BB gun, maybe his new birthday toy?

Benrs86 · 09-02-2002, 12:47 AM

i also have one, just gotta get it out fo the cab without breaking it. i had my windsheild pretty much sold, then i BROKE it when i was taking it out. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Mike C · 09-02-2002, 09:49 AM

Other glass is easier to pull than windshields. Just cut the weatherstrip from the inside. Number one caue of broken glass is the lawnmower. Cut your grass same day?

Rod · 09-02-2002, 10:09 AM

I threw many away also but still have one. I went for sliding rear windows. I couldn't guaratee it would not break in shipping though.
I'd say there's a BB gun toting vandal in your region. I had that done to my truck one day also...I paid like $100 for a window cause it was dead of winter and it was my going to work vehicle, and only vehicle.

JoetheMobster · 09-02-2002, 10:51 AM

StingRay:

Man, if you could find one, I'd pay the shipping! GLADLY!!!

Finding one around here is almost next to impossible! When any of the 67-72 trucks show up at the wreckers, people are like vultures all over it! They see a part they're looking for, destroy everything around it to get at that one part, and to hell with the rest of us! I saw a few out at my local pick a part, but they were thoroughly picked over. You also get these jackasses out there that break glass for the hell of it, which pisses the people off that need that same piece of glass!

It wouldn't have been a lawnmower, as the front of my truck faces my lawn, so if anything, it would have been the windshield broken. Might have been a BB Gun, but there's no little holes anywhere. The window's still intact, but looks like a spider web, with a nick in the center. Every mm of the window is cracked though!

mikep · 09-02-2002, 01:06 PM

If you felt living driving down to Seattle from Okanagon I have one you can have for free. Of course you would pass 10-12 junkyards on your way down that were full of 67-72's on your way down here but thats besides the point.

MandarinSixSeven · 09-02-2002, 01:13 PM

Man you sure are unlucky with that fricking truck!
wasnt it only a month or two ago when you had your locks all busted?...man the okanagan is turning into a vandalism valley!

Snowbound · 09-02-2002, 01:53 PM

That sucks Joe! There's all kinds of trucks in Alberta if you know anyone over here. The pick-your-part yards get these trucks sometimes and the rear glass is usually intact, and sells for about $10-15. I have also thrown away many in the last year.

Couldn't a glass shop cut you a piece, as it's just flat safety glass? Don't know what it would cost, but should be cheaper than shipping one across the country. That stuff is heavy!

Good luck,

Brian

Wabash · 09-02-2002, 02:08 PM

i have a rear slider i took out of my crashed 1969 gmc that would most likely work in your truck. if interested email me at kelzan@hotmail.com
also check your private messages i sent you one

RON WOODGEARD · 09-02-2002, 04:15 PM

IT'S "OGO POGO" he's cursed you....... hehehehe
My MOM was from the OKANOGAN, raised on the RES...

RON

*Fast68Chevy* · 09-02-2002, 06:23 PM

you know whats odd about this is that every single glass ive puled off 67-72s out here always have been tempered safety glass and now a few montha ago i came across the first ever flat pane plastic film center glass like in the old '50's and older days, it was on a 70 cab. never seen anything except tempered glass on 67-72 cabs until then, well at least 68-72 anyways,

wierd..
possible chance that maybe tempered is not original and is repacement glass ?
hmmm
wheres that data sheets book at...
i have several of these back glasses still, i swear ive tossed at least 10 or 12 into junk cars just since last fall.
theyre free if you can get to where members lie me have some.,

good luck, sorry that that happened, if it happened to somone like me then id juist pick one up out of my yard and toss it in and go on my merry way cost= $0, just like anything else that may get busted, ever.

70 Jimmy · 09-02-2002, 08:21 PM

If the stock glass is flat ( I believe it is), go to the local glass shop (windows etc.) and they should be able to cut one for you real cheap.

09-01-2002, 10:07 PM	#1
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	I don't friggin believe this!!!! I come out this afternoon, and the first thing I see on my truck is a bunch of "water" on rear window. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that the "water" is in fact my rear window SHATTERED!!! It's in a million pieces, but still intact! I just finished replacing the center bearing yesterday, and now this! It's going to take me years to find a friggin replacement window! All of the trucks around here are either on the road, in which case the owner would be VERY unhappy if I took thier glass, and ther other trucks are in the junkyard----with NO glass! This truck is cursed! Either that or someone has a vendetta against the truck! Son of a b#tch! EDIT: There was a purpose to this post, besides venting! Are the 67-72 years all similar in rear window glass? I have the single pane, and if all years are the same, that might be my only chance at replacing it. __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product Last edited by JoetheMobster; 09-01-2002 at 10:13 PM.

09-01-2002, 10:19 PM	#4
ThreeQuarter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texan in Iowa Posts: 2,522	Welp, time to get out the clear packaging tape and tape it up so you can drive it around until you get a new window. __________________ Ben '68 Chevy C10 Custom LWB 327/TH400 2nd owner '16 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Dblcab 4wd 5.3

09-01-2002, 10:21 PM	#5
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	ebfabman: Thanks, I might just take you up on the offer Blue_71: I think it was vandalism, as I can see where whatever hit the window, left a tiny mark, and the smashed glass radiates off this tiny mark like a central starting point. Grrrr....little buggers! __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product

09-01-2002, 10:23 PM	#6
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	gmcblu: LOL, yeah! It actually looks kind of neat, looks sort of like frosted glass! But I know as soon as I start the truck, the window's going to come in on me! Yep, time for the tape. __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product

09-02-2002, 12:35 AM	#7
StingRay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Saskatoon,SK,Canada Posts: 2,476	Joe, lots and I mean lots of rear windows out here in Saskatoon. I often throw them away. Let me know if you can't find one local and I will track you one down. I can probably find a free ride for it too but it would take quite a while for that. Ray in Saskatoon __________________ Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada

09-01-2002, 10:16 PM	#2
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,488	Don't know about shipping cost, but I have one for $20 plus shipping if it will help.

09-02-2002, 12:44 AM	#8
Hotrodhenryj Truck Farmer Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lake Havasu City, Arizona Posts: 1,192	Sounds to me like you have a kid on the block loose with a BB gun, maybe his new birthday toy?

09-02-2002, 12:47 AM	#9
Benrs86 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Brandon, SD, USA Posts: 1,292	i also have one, just gotta get it out fo the cab without breaking it. i had my windsheild pretty much sold, then i BROKE it when i was taking it out. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR __________________ Brandon, SD 69 GMC 1/2 ton 2wd wide long bed with wood 3 on the tree 350 engine 4 bolt main rv cam AIM = Alphray04

09-02-2002, 09:49 AM	#10
Mike C Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 7,728	Other glass is easier to pull than windshields. Just cut the weatherstrip from the inside. Number one caue of broken glass is the lawnmower. Cut your grass same day? __________________ 44 Willys MB 52 M38A1 64 Corvette Coupe 68 Camaro 'vert LT1 & TH700 69 Z/28 355 12.6's @110 69 Chevy Short Step 4 1/2"/7" drop 72 Jimmy 4WD 4spd 4" & 35's 02 GMC 2500HD 4x4 Duramax

09-02-2002, 10:09 AM	#11
Rod Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Eastern - Manitoba Canada, Winnipeg Posts: 4,369	I threw many away also but still have one. I went for sliding rear windows. I couldn't guaratee it would not break in shipping though. I'd say there's a BB gun toting vandal in your region. I had that done to my truck one day also...I paid like $100 for a window cause it was dead of winter and it was my going to work vehicle, and only vehicle. __________________ Senior active founding member. 70 3/4 ton GMC Suburban 4x4 250/4 spd. 71 1/2 ton Suburban Chevy 4x4, 350/350 72 Chev 1 ton tow truck 402BB w/Holmes 440 wrecker on propane 2005 FLSTSCI Harley Springer 85 FXSB Harley Lowrider 72 Triumph 650 Bonneville 5spd "Poor people don't have hobbies" Quote from wife.

09-02-2002, 10:51 AM	#12
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	StingRay: Man, if you could find one, I'd pay the shipping! GLADLY!!! Finding one around here is almost next to impossible! When any of the 67-72 trucks show up at the wreckers, people are like vultures all over it! They see a part they're looking for, destroy everything around it to get at that one part, and to hell with the rest of us! I saw a few out at my local pick a part, but they were thoroughly picked over. You also get these jackasses out there that break glass for the hell of it, which pisses the people off that need that same piece of glass! It wouldn't have been a lawnmower, as the front of my truck faces my lawn, so if anything, it would have been the windshield broken. Might have been a BB Gun, but there's no little holes anywhere. The window's still intact, but looks like a spider web, with a nick in the center. Every mm of the window is cracked though! __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product

09-02-2002, 01:06 PM	#13
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	If you felt living driving down to Seattle from Okanagon I have one you can have for free. Of course you would pass 10-12 junkyards on your way down that were full of 67-72's on your way down here but thats besides the point. __________________ No truck :-(

09-02-2002, 01:13 PM	#14
MandarinSixSeven Seasonal Poster Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Canada Posts: 896	Man you sure are unlucky with that fricking truck! wasnt it only a month or two ago when you had your locks all busted?...man the okanagan is turning into a vandalism valley! __________________ 67 GMC Short Step 350/4-Speed/3.08 Posi Front/Rear Sway Bars Kelowna BC, Canada Member of DTPW

09-02-2002, 01:53 PM	#15
Snowbound Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Westbank, BC Posts: 403	That sucks Joe! There's all kinds of trucks in Alberta if you know anyone over here. The pick-your-part yards get these trucks sometimes and the rear glass is usually intact, and sells for about $10-15. I have also thrown away many in the last year. Couldn't a glass shop cut you a piece, as it's just flat safety glass? Don't know what it would cost, but should be cheaper than shipping one across the country. That stuff is heavy! Good luck, Brian __________________ 1965 Chevy Short Box Stepside, 230 - 3 speed, 4:11 gears, original paint rust free survivor. Now sporting a 383 SBC and TKO-600

09-02-2002, 02:08 PM	#16
Wabash Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 534	i have a rear slider i took out of my crashed 1969 gmc that would most likely work in your truck. if interested email me at kelzan@hotmail.com also check your private messages i sent you one __________________ 1972 C/10 LWB 1972 K/5 Blazer



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09-02-2002, 04:15 PM	#17
RON WOODGEARD Resident Young Old Dude ! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 1,948	IT'S "OGO POGO" he's cursed you....... hehehehe My MOM was from the OKANOGAN, raised on the RES... RON

09-02-2002, 06:23 PM	#18
Fast68Chevy Account Suspended Join Date: May 2000 Location: IL Posts: 0	you know whats odd about this is that every single glass ive puled off 67-72s out here always have been tempered safety glass and now a few montha ago i came across the first ever flat pane plastic film center glass like in the old '50's and older days, it was on a 70 cab. never seen anything except tempered glass on 67-72 cabs until then, well at least 68-72 anyways, wierd.. possible chance that maybe tempered is not original and is repacement glass ? hmmm wheres that data sheets book at... i have several of these back glasses still, i swear ive tossed at least 10 or 12 into junk cars just since last fall. theyre free if you can get to where members lie me have some., good luck, sorry that that happened, if it happened to somone like me then id juist pick one up out of my yard and toss it in and go on my merry way cost= $0, just like anything else that may get busted, ever.

09-02-2002, 08:21 PM	#19
70 Jimmy aka Crusher, Crushergmc Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,834	If the stock glass is flat ( I believe it is), go to the local glass shop (windows etc.) and they should be able to cut one for you real cheap. __________________ "KEEP IT DOWN!" 70 Jimmy 454 2wd 56 GMC Big Window "It's funny till someone gets hurt, then it's freakin' hilarious"

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