I assume you're referring to your 1/4 side glass? I don't have any information on it, but isn't this something you would have thought about before you started the project? I was looking at your photos earlier, and was wondering what you were going to do about that. I thought maybe you had planned it out to use an existing glass from another vehicle about the same shape and size - a 2-door S-10 Blazer comes to mind, but the rear angle of the glass is probably wrong.
This isn't gonna help with using old glass much, except that I'd make a pattern and go to the yards and see about a Country Squire rear quarter glass. Then like Rev said, get a shop to trim it down. It's tempered and usually laminated glass, so it takes some real skill. BUT!!!! I made my own house windows - 4 pane sealed units. On the outside pane, I used a new glass-laminated 1/8" type of plexi-glass. It's thin enough to curve on the Fairmont's vertical curvature. They make it up to 3/4" thick. Check with a distributor locally. I'm pretty sure you can get different stock tints (darker, gray, black, on-way mirror). I've had it up since 2001, and it has no scratches, cracks, milking (some used to get white foggy areas. I did it because we have a backalley, and schoolkids like to throw stones. BUT!!!! Just in case, if you need to get scratches out: http://www.fitchfamily.com/glass.html And these guys might be able to help too. http://www.bobsclassicautoglass.com/index.html
thanks for the info. i was going to look at the wrekers just havent had time. i can have it made locally out of laminated glass but it would cost me about $2000, so gonna try cutting it first.
My Mexican-built Fairmont had really thick rear quarter glass, until some kid shot one of them with a BB gun or a .22 guage. It took 3 months to get a replacement and I got a North American PPG unit. Much thinner and not laminated. Mine was laminated. Any edge chipping or high heat, and it will crack. Sandblasting or grinding with a water-saw (feeding cool water on the glass) is all you've got. If it is laminated, you can use a surgical blade to score it and then a quick swipe with a propane torch on the edge to seal it up. If you don't seal it up, you'll get that milky-white stain happening in a few years. If you know anyone working for an Aircraft refurbishing shop or a bus or train or heavy equipment repair shop, I'd have a chat with them. They're always buying flat laminate sheets and cutting out glass for the older machines.
