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**FleetsidePaul** · 11-23-2022, 02:57 PM

Well I was thinking about selling my Satellite wagon but my wife put the brakes on that. She loves it and so it stays.

But it needs a rear window. So I'm on the hunt again for the 100th time in the last 6 months. Have you ever tried to find the rear glass for a 73 Plymouth wagon? It's not easy. Not unless you want to break the bank.

I find one online. It's NOS but there's just one problem. It's $900 plus tax.

(gulp).

So, I go out to the car and check out the tailgate just to see what may be involved in getting the new glass installed (like I know anything

) The guys painting the house come over and start shooting the breeze with me and I casually look at the pile of parts that the PO had put in the back that I never bothered to unload and what do I see? The back glass. It was right there. I don't know how I missed it. I looked for it and now it was staring me in the face. Score!

And I walked without my walker today. I'm shaky but I'm mobile again.

Christmas did come a little early.

**Palf70Step** · 11-23-2022, 03:08 PM

Good to hear on both counts.

**Steeveedee** · 11-23-2022, 03:13 PM

Yup! I hope I never catch that crud.

**Boog** · 11-23-2022, 05:49 PM

Well good deal there brotherman. Yes, on all three counts. If the wife likes it, you gotta keep it. That's a free pass.

**Ol Blue K20** · 11-23-2022, 05:59 PM

Great news on both points!!!!

72c20customcamper · 11-23-2022, 06:00 PM

My luck would be after I bought the new glass the original would turn up . Glad to hear your starting to get mobile

**special-K** · 11-23-2022, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

Well I was thinking about selling my Satellite wagon but my wife put the brakes on that. She loves it and so it stays.

But it needs a rear window. So I'm on the hunt again for the 100th time in the last 6 months. Have you ever tried to find the rear glass for a 73 Plymouth wagon? It's not easy. Not unless you want to break the bank.

I find one online. It's NOS but there's just one problem. It's $900 plus tax.

(gulp).

So, I go out to the car and check out the tailgate just to see what may be involved in getting the new glass installed (like I know anything

) The guys painting the house come over and start shooting the breeze with me and I casually look at the pile of parts that the PO had put in the back that I never bothered to unload and what do I see? The back glass. It was right there. I don't know how I missed it. I looked for it and now it was staring me in the face. Score!

And I walked without my walker today. I'm shaky but I'm mobile again.

Christmas did come a little early.

Did you dance a little, too? That's great, I'm happy for you. Now go check your other vehicles for parts!

And for you leaving the walker behind, Rock Steady!

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**Stocker** · 11-23-2022, 08:43 PM

About time you had some good luck for a change. Merry Christmas indeed!

**truckster** · 11-23-2022, 08:44 PM

I usually find the part or tool I'm missing almost immediately after I buy a new one...

**special-K** · 11-24-2022, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by truckster

I usually find the part or tool I'm missing almost immediately after I buy a new one...

I think Paul should buy another window anyway. They are rare! What if the other one breaks???

**FleetsidePaul** · 11-24-2022, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by special-K

I think Paul should buy another window anyway. They are rare! What if the other one breaks???

Don't even say it!!

**special-K** · 11-24-2022, 11:56 AM

Ok, I didn't. Must be your imagination. Have you checked your other vehicles for rare parts, yet?

**FleetsidePaul** · 11-24-2022, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

Ok, I didn't. Must be your imagination. Have you checked your other vehicles for rare parts, yet?

I checked the hearse. Nothing back there but old Uncle Joe. I should do something about him. He's starting to get kinda ripe.

**special-K** · 11-24-2022, 06:19 PM

Always nice to have relatives there for Thanksgiving.

**joedoh** · 11-25-2022, 12:30 PM

haha! well at least you got some mileage talking about it, i remember the previous threads. good lesson though!

**72 tigger** · 11-25-2022, 10:47 PM

Glad to hear things are turning your way

**68bowtie** · 11-25-2022, 11:39 PM

Don’t drop it!

**FleetsidePaul** · 11-26-2022, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by 68bowtie

Don’t drop it!

Tell me about it. I'm still a little clumsy after my accident. (I knock stuff over) I'm afraid to touch it.

Now I have to figure out the power window setup to see if it still works. Probably doesn't. Oh well. The next challenge.

**special-K** · 11-26-2022, 10:03 AM

Is there more back in there? Like maybe a set of Mopar cop car wheels and caps?

**FleetsidePaul** · 11-26-2022, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by special-K

Is there more back in there? Like maybe a set of Mopar cop car wheels and caps?

I'm not that lucky.

I'd like to run wider steelies and poverty caps on it. But I'll probably just keep the slots. I just have to find some center caps that fit them, I have center caps for U.S. mags but they're too small. They kinda sorta fit, but not quite. They'd end up on the side of the road.

Rich84 · 11-28-2022, 11:34 AM

Hey. Good for you Paul. Glad to hear your getting better. Do not touch that glass!!!!

**special-K** · 11-28-2022, 10:12 PM

If you break that thing and spend all that money for the only other one in the world you'll never be able to afford that Hellcat swap you're dreaming about

11-23-2022, 02:57 PM	#1
FleetsidePaul R.I.P. E.S.L.L. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kernville CA./ Lake Isabella CA. Posts: 11,411	My Lucky Day Well I was thinking about selling my Satellite wagon but my wife put the brakes on that. She loves it and so it stays. But it needs a rear window. So I'm on the hunt again for the 100th time in the last 6 months. Have you ever tried to find the rear glass for a 73 Plymouth wagon? It's not easy. Not unless you want to break the bank. I find one online. It's NOS but there's just one problem. It's $900 plus tax. (gulp). So, I go out to the car and check out the tailgate just to see what may be involved in getting the new glass installed (like I know anything ) The guys painting the house come over and start shooting the breeze with me and I casually look at the pile of parts that the PO had put in the back that I never bothered to unload and what do I see? The back glass. It was right there. I don't know how I missed it. I looked for it and now it was staring me in the face. Score! And I walked without my walker today. I'm shaky but I'm mobile again. Christmas did come a little early. __________________ 1971 Custom C/20 1970 CST 20 1970 C/30 Flatbed 1983 C/30 Dually 2015 Corvette Z51 2021 Corvette Z51 1991 Cadillac Hearse 1982 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz 2000 Porsche Boxster S 2020 Jeep Gladiator 1973 VW Thing 1973 Plymouth Satellite wagon 1963 Baja Bug 1959 Bug Dune Buggy 1970 Baja Bug 1987 Jaguar XJ 350. R.I.P. El Jay R.I.P Jessie. R.I.P Grumpy. Every day is a gift from God.

11-23-2022, 03:08 PM	#2
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 46,640	Re: My Lucky Day Good to hear on both counts. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

11-23-2022, 03:13 PM	#3
Steeveedee Who Changed This? Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 10,088	Re: My Lucky Day Yup! I hope I never catch that crud. __________________ ~Steven '70 Chevy 3/4T Longhorn CST 402/400/3.56 Custom Camper Simi Valley, CA

11-23-2022, 05:49 PM	#4
Boog laying low Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Searcy, Ark. USA Posts: 12,957	Re: My Lucky Day Well good deal there brotherman. Yes, on all three counts. If the wife likes it, you gotta keep it. That's a free pass. __________________ Boog 69 Chevy stepside, 358/T350, 4.11 posi, 4.5/4 drop, rallys, poboy driver primer is finer 91 Chevy sportside, Tahoe, Yukon & GMC Crewcab All GM..'nuff said. I stand for the flag and kneel at the cross

11-23-2022, 05:59 PM	#5
Ol Blue K20 Proprietor of Dale's Corner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Vacaville , CA Posts: 15,834	Re: My Lucky Day Great news on both points!!!! __________________ "Some Days Chickens And Some Days Feathers" Dale XNGH ECV Sam Brannan 1004 R.I.P. 67ChevyRedneck R.I.P. Grumpy Old Man

11-23-2022, 06:00 PM	#6
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,141	Re: My Lucky Day My luck would be after I bought the new glass the original would turn up . Glad to hear your starting to get mobile __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.

11-23-2022, 08:43 PM	#8
Stocker 20' Daredevil (Ret) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 13,497	Re: My Lucky Day About time you had some good luck for a change. Merry Christmas indeed! __________________ - Mike - 1972 K20 LWB 350/350/205 RIP El Jay

11-23-2022, 08:44 PM	#9
truckster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,795	Re: My Lucky Day I usually find the part or tool I'm missing almost immediately after I buy a new one... __________________ I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson

11-24-2022, 11:56 AM	#12
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: My Lucky Day Ok, I didn't. Must be your imagination. Have you checked your other vehicles for rare parts, yet? __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-24-2022, 06:19 PM	#14
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: My Lucky Day Always nice to have relatives there for Thanksgiving. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-25-2022, 12:30 PM	#15
joedoh Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Doodah Kansas Posts: 7,747	Re: My Lucky Day haha! well at least you got some mileage talking about it, i remember the previous threads. good lesson though! __________________ the mass of men live lives of quiet desperation if there is a problem, I can have it. new project WAYNE http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=844393

11-25-2022, 10:47 PM	#16
72 tigger Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Berne IN Posts: 3,206	Re: My Lucky Day Glad to hear things are turning your way __________________ 71 C10 72 K20 72 K10 Super Kirk

11-25-2022, 11:39 PM	#17
68bowtie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Turlock, CA Posts: 8,340	Re: My Lucky Day Don’t drop it! __________________ I live in California, but identify as a Texan "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well" Project "Little Sister" (70 c10 blue original paint refresh) Project "C10 Fever" (68 factory black 396 swb) Project "Blue Bomb" (70 c30 blue original paint refresh) Project "Vitamin C" (71 c10 orange original paint refresh)

11-26-2022, 10:03 AM	#19
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: My Lucky Day Is there more back in there? Like maybe a set of Mopar cop car wheels and caps? __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-28-2022, 11:34 AM	#21
Rich84 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Woodbury, Ct. Posts: 1,663	Re: My Lucky Day Hey. Good for you Paul. Glad to hear your getting better. Do not touch that glass!!!!



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11-28-2022, 10:12 PM	#22
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: My Lucky Day If you break that thing and spend all that money for the only other one in the world you'll never be able to afford that Hellcat swap you're dreaming about __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

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