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Subject:Re[2]: WANTED: Rear window for `59 23-window!
Date:5 Jun 95 13:32

Eric wrote
     
     >Yes, the rear decklid window is what we're looking for--and they are 
     >quite a bit different from the glass on kombis and micros. The deluxe 
     >glass is taller (and I think wider). I don't know if the glass off 
     >the rear decklid of a 15-window will fit. Anyone?
     
     The rear glass you are looking for is a deluxe only option and is 
     wider and taller than that of the early kombi/micros. However it is 
     the same piece as fitted to the Brazilian Buses made up to 90's.
     
     I also recently read a story about a guy with a coachbuilt VW like a 
     Romstech or something and it had a one-off windscreen. Anyway this guy 
     look high and low for a replacement one (his was broken) and he ended 
     up getting an out-of-the-telephone-book windscreen replacement 
     specialist make him one for like around $100 - you know one of these 
     24hour windscreen repair companies.
     
     moral is that, the 23-window back glass is just a flat piece of 
     toughened auto glass which you should be able to get cut to size by a 
     local auto glass shop.
     
     Lee.
     
     '64 Samba
     l.s.griffiths@physics.salford.ac.uk
     http://146.87.136.48

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