I went to great lengths to get glass with the correct date codes. This involved making digital images from the codes on the original glass then having them sandblasted into the replacement glass pieces.

Did you know that the convertible top plastic rear window also has a date code? Getting this to be correct proved to be quite the odyssey. First, I had to figure out what the original top's date code looked like. By no small miracle, Bernie Pringle's '66 Canadian turbo convertible has its original top, even though it had been converted years ago to a V-8 machine. He graciously took the time to photo-document it for me.

I contemplated having to figure out how to recreate the several rows of text myself but then thought, "Who else would be crazy enough to care about this? The NCRS guys!" Sure enough, my good friend and former Region VIII Director Michael Pierce knew just where to send me: Al Knoch Interiors in Canutillo, TX.

Then, as has often happened with this car, I got lucky. It turns out that the design of the information used on Corvettes is exactly the same as Bernie's original top, indicating the same manufacturer—instead of a Canadian supplier for this part. Whew.

Duanne Luckow worked with Clark's Corvair Parts to source a rear window with no manufacturer's information and then I sent it to Al Knoch Interiors. Dale Roberts took great care to get the stamp in just the right location. You can see "1065" (October, 1965) at the top right of the picture.

In my area, Hoglund's Top Shop is well-known for their fantastic installation work and they were willing to come to my place, which saved me considerable money and time transporting the car. Jay Kemp, a very experienced installer, did a fabulous job swapping the windows in April, 2012. I am extremely pleased with the results.