Ahh, gotcha. You mean the plastic in between the glass sandwich has faded. Good point, I doubt they'll be able to match that.

Hi,
I'd just like to add my two pennyworth to try to help out.
As a kid back in the sixties I had to change the engine in my Ford flat head v8 Pilot and the engine that went back was brand new. After every thing was checked out the 6 volt battery was connected and fuel put in. Pushed the starter for ages but would the cow start no Sir. This had the mechanic who was helping me scratching his head for a time and he came up with suggestion of towing it. This we did and got up to about 25 m.p.h when after a couple of coughs away she went. He said that this was a trick he learnt in the Army
I have recently had the same thing occur on a little flat twin motorcyle that I completely rebuilt and again come to starting up no way. Rechecked timing, fuel, etc everything ok but no start.Thought about it for awhile and remembered the Ford problem. Gave it a tow and bingo same result.
Someone did tell me the reason why this happens but alas I have forgotten. Something about the compression building up in the bores which happens when the car/bike is towed.
Worth a try.
Good luck
Terry

Eric,

Will do.

My bad at my explaining what I meant about color. As you know as the windows get older they fade "get a yellowish tint" to them. Guess I answered my own question I should just replace them both so they match.

Any competent glass shop should be able to match the tint off your original window so it matches the rest of them. I'd take the broken window down to them and see what they can do.

So I understand safety glass mark is to show the glass is safety glass and the mark may not be correct for that period. If the car was going to be judged it would be a point deduction for incorrect markings. Right?

I could always have it etched latter on like Eric suggested.

Should I go ahead and pull the other doors glass back out and replace it?

I ask because would there not be a difference in glass color?

I wonder if you could take your old windows in with the mark as an example and have someone etch it into the new glass? Worth a try anyway.

Thanks Owen, "an ounce of praise makes up for a pound of criticism".

Any glass shop can cut you a replacement. They WILL NOT sell it to you without a Safety Glass mark, which will most assuredly be incorrect. You should be able to provide the correct mark, though, but I'm not sure where you get it.

so I wonder where I get that idea from.

Well, I don't know, but get the idea out of your head. Look, I spent a lot of years directing chemical research with a mix of chemists - take a lesson from that experience. Some of them were constantly pushing the envelope, others were more conservative in their ideas and visions. The envelope-pushers needed a different temperment because more often than not their ideas were not practical or technically impossible at the time, but when they did get a hit, it was often "a trophy-taker". So keep on sluggin'.

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Between you, Randy, and John in the past couple of weeks it sure seems so. 90% of the posts I make on here get shot down by either you or Randy, so I wonder where I get that idea from.