Glass date code bug
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Glass date code bug
I am in the process of getting new glass but the date code doesnt match up as its a number and a letter vs two numbers.
I found out from another company I was directed towards that makes stencils and they apparently found out that the number and letter date coding is a service replacement glass.
Now I want to ask does anyone here know what would cause service replacement glass to be installed in a car before it was sold?
I have all records for the car and theres no evidence that the windows were ever replaced as all of them have the number and letter code.
I am just wondering if Ford would have used service replacement glass if they ran out of glass on the assembly line instead?
I found out from another company I was directed towards that makes stencils and they apparently found out that the number and letter date coding is a service replacement glass.
Now I want to ask does anyone here know what would cause service replacement glass to be installed in a car before it was sold?
I have all records for the car and theres no evidence that the windows were ever replaced as all of them have the number and letter code.
I am just wondering if Ford would have used service replacement glass if they ran out of glass on the assembly line instead?
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Not so much as truck related as just general Ford, This would be for 1956 year model.
The way how the glass was done should be the same for all ford products.
Just wondering how could glass be service replacement glass when the glass was never replaced after the car was purchased.
Just something I found out recently on date coding glass and trying to grasp how this could happen.
For me only logical idea I have is that the factory ran out of glass and started using service replacement glass instead to keep the assembly line going. But I dont know if service replacement glass was kept on hand at the factory or if that would be a dealer thing.
The way how the glass was done should be the same for all ford products.
Just wondering how could glass be service replacement glass when the glass was never replaced after the car was purchased.
Just something I found out recently on date coding glass and trying to grasp how this could happen.
For me only logical idea I have is that the factory ran out of glass and started using service replacement glass instead to keep the assembly line going. But I dont know if service replacement glass was kept on hand at the factory or if that would be a dealer thing.
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People and companies have been known to be mistaken on details like this from time to time. If every piece of your glass has the exact same date coding, it would be hard for me to believe that every piece of glass was replaced by service parts at the exact same time. Especially if the code in question would correspond to the approximate date the car was built. It would seem more reasonable to me that there was a change in coding from numbers to number/letter, or that it was from a different supplier, or some other very simple explanation. My 2c.
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People and companies have been known to be mistaken on details like this from time to time. If every piece of your glass has the exact same date coding, it would be hard for me to believe that every piece of glass was replaced by service parts at the exact same time. Especially if the code in question would correspond to the approximate date the car was built. It would seem more reasonable to me that there was a change in coding from numbers to number/letter, or that it was from a different supplier, or some other very simple explanation. My 2c.
So far I checked the driverside vent window, driverside front door, rear driverside door and the rear driverside stationary glass.
So far the codes was 5A on the vent window, and 5H on the front door glass and the rear door stationary glass. The rear door glass itself has no markings on it I think its worn off from age. It appears this was not an etching as much as it was some form of coating/frosting.
I will have to stop after work where the vehicle is at and check the passenger glass as well as the windshield and rear window. If they are truely service replacement glass and it was only the driverside then I think I will just have Sanders Repo Glass to reproduce the factory glass with the correct code and forget about the 5A and 5H code. But now if they are on both sides then I will have this other company that Sanders directed me to, to make me a set of stencils to match what I have and do the etching myself on the new glass.
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