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I have taken out my windshield glass and weatherstrip on my 50 1/2 ton. A new Steele rubber has been purchased. We cracked the right side getting it out. I took the broken glass to a respected auto glass shop to get a new one cut. It was to take a week, and yes they are busy and I was in no hurry. Went back 2 weeks later and they had lost my ticket, didn't say anything about the glass. Went back a week later, only the glass is clear and mine was green shaded. No one wants to do an install. This glass company had an employee who said he would come out and do it, never showed up. Went to pick up the glass and it was good, green shaded. Asked what happened with them coming out to do the install, employee had quit, been there 5 years. Went to another recommended shop today. His '' don't want to do it'' price was $175 per side and he did not garrantee anything. I'm thinking $350 is out of line, for labor only. No one wants to make a house call or even mess with it.. My mechanic friend does not do glass, always cracks them. Might have to either haul it in or wait till it is running and drive it to a shop. At $350, I can afford to break glass 7 times and still be even. The cut glass cost me $50.
i'll hang in there and either do it myself or get it running and hopefully find someone. We are getting close to starting the engine. I did a forum search and glass install varies from it went smooth to I'll never do it again. Would like to get the headliner and new visors in, hopefully it will go better than the windshield. My rant , but things are going well with reviving this truck after a 32 year nap.

I decided to add that the original weatherstrip had shrunk and wanted to check the window channels. They were perfect. I had glass replaced in 1990 to go from delaminating clear to green tint. They picked my truck up at the fire station when I was on duty and brought it back in the afternoon. Total cost was $90. Maybe should have left it alone.

I’m not a glass guy by any stretch of the imagination but I was able to install all the glass in my 49 gmc. Took my time and I did a satisfactory job. You can do it too

Go to your local cruise night show and ask around, you'll find who those guys are using. We have a auto glass shop here that does all the street rods and is fair in there pricing. I put the curved windshield glass in my '56 and wasn't happy with it, so I had them remove and re-install it correctly and they charged me $90 (three years ago).

Mike B

All,

Just a note that this conversation has been moved over to the Paint & Body Shop as it is the best place to continue the conversation.

Shof, good luck on getting your windshield panes installed!

Dan

Shof,
I am no glass man. I have never installed glass on any of my other cars & trucks. I installed them on my 1950 3100. I did the two windshield pieces and the single rear glass. You CAN do it! Do a little research, watch a video or two. I did use the rope method on the front glass pieces fyi.
Todd
Ps, I also did the headliner (cardboard) and both visors when I put the glass back in.
Good luck. You got this.
I did have a little help from my 12 yr old son..he put the non-harding seal on the rear !

Call Safelite. They come and do it at your house.

Otto,,
So back in 2018 when I did my glass, my buddy had to do his 1953 3100 glass. He called Safelite (Lancaster, Ca.) And they refused to work on his truck.

Interesting. They were happy to do my '64 Galaxie.

Maybe they're independently owned franchises and can make their own decisions about what they're comfortable working on.

I would wait until October at the least to do this, William. Way too hot currently and unless you have an airconditioned shop or garage you'll burn up. This isn't difficult but (a) you need two people and (b) you want to be cool and calm while doing it. It was 106 here yesterday and felt like 113. It is supposed to be 100 in New Orleans today and that will be brutal. The last one I did took about 20 minutes...the main time being moving it here and there to adjust things. Do not apply sealer before you install the windshield. Do that afterwards unless you enjoy getting it all over everything (especially yourself). Good luck. I'm kind of surprised. I figured in Abilene there would be people who would do that.

Jon G, I know what you mean on hot, 104 in Abilene yesterday, 30 out of 31 days in July were 100 or higher. Ten day forecast is all 100's. I might give it a go next week. If so will start early before it warms up.It is easy to get frustrated when you get hot, nothing can go right. I am taking out the original radio, it did work when parked and install a freshened up rebuilt original. I want the glass in so I can install headliner and visors.

Just to reply to this, I did reply in my Truck Tuesday thread. We watched several Youtube videos and attempted it ourselves. Got a quote from a glass shop that didn't want to do it for $350. It installed easily with no problems. Also did the headliner afterwards and would have installed the new visors, but had left them at home. Thanks to all.

It’s always a satisfying feeling to accomplish a job on our trucks that turns out well. Good job!!!

Shof,
Great job!
I knew you could do it...
Todd