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Old 05-24-2017, 11:04 AM
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Redoing my 56 hardtop and need to replace the side windows. Any suggestion on where to buy replacements, need not be date coded
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On the hardtops that I restored, I purchased a sheet of 1/4" plexiglass from glass shop and using the old ones as patterns, cut them out. If your not a hands on guy most any corvette parts dealer have them.
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Originally Posted by MOXIE62
On the hardtops that I restored, I purchased a sheet of 1/4" plexiglass from glass shop and using the old ones as patterns, cut them out. If your not a hands on guy most any corvette parts dealer have them.
there is nothing special about them unless they are date coded.

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Mine were trashed when removed. Would anyone have a pattern available so I can get some made Thanks in advance
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I would guess Glassworks would have them in stock
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Mine were bad also. Found a plexiglass shop & bought 1/4". Beware, however, that 1/4" plexiglass can vary quite a bit in thickness so be sure to measure it. And be sure you take into account the glass tape thickness.

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If you have the hardtop why not take a piece of cardboard or some other stiff material and make a pattern by holding the cardboard against the frame tracing around the inside of the side window frame. Add 1/4" or so to the outside of the outline, cut it out, and see if it fits inside the frame. Keep trimming until it fits and you have your pattern.
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Originally Posted by cbernhardt
If you have the hardtop why not take a piece of cardboard or some other stiff material and make a pattern by holding the cardboard against the frame tracing around the inside of the side window frame. Add 1/4" or so to the outside of the outline, cut it out, and see if it fits inside the frame. Keep trimming until it fits and you have your pattern.
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That's exactly what I did when I had glass cut for the vent windows in my 37 Chevy.
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Ordered a set from glassworks $30 each Thanks for the help

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