Exploding side glass in Camaro!

[Charley Lillard]

Now the car is almost worthless. Wanna sell it ?

[bkhpah]

The car was at the rear of the building with no possible way for sun to hit it. Just a freak I guess. It was the original date coded window of course. I did fire up my Yenko Saturday in the garage, maybe the effects of the Yenko competition engine destroyed the glass...BKH

[Edited by bkhpah (04-02-2001 at 09:14 PM).]

[Belair62]

You'd be better off buying a nuclear generating station at this point Charley...

[Denis]

If the glass was HERKULITE (spelling?) and it was chipped just a tad, that could be your answer. With a chip, a minor temp change or the window rolled up so tight as to put a strain on it could do the deed.

[Kurt S]

Never heard of it in a car that it's been in for a while (have heard of new installs doing this).
The glass is tempered, must have been a scratch or defect that couldn't handle the surface tension and let go. Strange. Too bad.

Kurt

[bowtie3168]

Brian,
I wonder if the window was knocked out of its track the last time the door was closed or the last time the window was rolled up? When I worked at the Chevrolet dealership we used to get a few second generation cars coming in with "exploding" door glass. The insulation (bumpers) in the doors would wear away or dryout. I had a similar thing happen with one of our street rods. The window broke when I rolled it up, there was a exposed rivet that made contact. P.S.: on a side note, I announced that John Force was at the track (when he was not)on Sunday (for April fools).

Andrew