use original glass vs new glass?

[chewychevy67]

Seeking advise. i have my original 67 green tinted glass. its fairly scratched up not too bad but it is 40+ years old. a few deep ones. I am building a fairly thorough 67 gmc short bed. so what would you do. use the original date coded glass thats a little scratched or buy new glass? i realize nobody judges these trucks on date codes in the glass but just interested to hear why you would use either. Rod.

[Dunenutt]

I guess it depends on what you want. I used everything but the windshield. My back window is tinted limo, and the sides are "dark". They look good from 5 feet, but up close, it looks like I tinted them in a dust storm. If you are not tinting, they make polishing kits for glass.

[SS Tim]

If it looks reasonably good, then I would spend the time polishing to try and save it.

[chewychevy67]

i took it to a shop and they said it wouldn't polish up much better than it is. i did use a new windshield as well. i guess what i am getting at is if i replace every aspect of the truck to make it perfect (if there is such a thing) there wont be much of the original truck other than the metal under new paint. would you build it perfect or leave some of the original character of the truck.

[Classic Heartbeat]

You already replaced the windshield, so why not the rest? In the grand sceam of things glass is pretty cheap, and there is nothing like looking through new stuff. I would replace it. WES

[Andy4639]

I replaced mine a couple of years ago. Make sure they cut it to the right size. Mine is almost a 1/8" smaller than the orignal.

[MARKDTN]

I would replace. On my '83 K20 I broke the original and when I got new it was night and day better to see out of.

[chewychevy67]

think ill get new glass for this build but definately wont get rid of the original. may come across another driver 67 in the future that may need it. at least i hope i do lol.