Anybody out there

[Aeroman]

I bought an NOS windshield and all 3 pieces of the rear glass from Iowa Glass Depot, between 10 & 15 years ago. The tinted windshields were all gone. Dunno if Iowa Glass still exists. W325 is the windshield number, don't remember any of the others.

[joefrazer]

Not that it's of any help to the current folks looking for glass, but I do have a rear windshield to fit the 54-55 cars with the large one piece window. I'll make it a good deal to anyone who can pick it up either here in northern Ohio or on May 19-20 in Columbus Indiana. Sure wish I could help the others!

[MarkH]

Not that it's of any help to the current folks looking for glass, but I do have a rear windshield to fit the 54-55 cars with the large one piece window. I'll make it a good deal to anyone who can pick it up either here in northern Ohio or on May 19-20 in Columbus Indiana. Sure wish I could help the others!

That one piece panoramic glass is quite rare. After searching several dozen glass suppliers only the reproduction windshields have turned up, a couple used clear small rears, and one 1 piece E-Z Eye panoramic glass. After seeing prices for reproducing a small window, just imagine what getting one of those reproduced would cost, if you still had one for a pattern. I've gotten a couple more quotes for small tinted just north of 3K.

[MarkH]

Got a call out of the blue today from an auto glass supplier I've spoken to a couple times in the past year. They seemed sure they found a good used tinted rear in a boneyard, $575 delivered to a local glass shop of my choice. After the repro numbers I've been getting it seemed like a bargain.
If anyone comes up with one, I'll still buy it for a spare.

[Aeroman]

One specialty custom & rod glass shop says with my back glass in hand, they can cut one out of a windshield they physically match to for $800, plus shipping both ways.

Almost 40 years ago, I knew a man in Inglewood, CA named Steve Nicas. In the early 1960's, he saved a barn find Tucker for about $50. It had all flat glass except for the small rear window, which is curved. Of course, his was broken and he needed one. After years of searching, he found a glass shop who matched the curvature to the rear glass from a Pinto Runabout hatch glass, cut it down and that's what's still in the car today. Steve is long gone, was an old man then, but last I knew, the car is on loan/display at the Balboa Museum in San Diego. Steve also had a Franklin sedan.

[MarkH]

Well, back to square one. got a call from the glass suppplier, boneyard was wrong and they actually have a clear.

So, if anyone has a tinted small in their parts collections I'm all in. In the meantime, I'm back to getting estimates from glass benders.