Well I removed the good windshield from the parts wagon. It was going well until a I was cutting a chunk of old brittle windshield seal with a Razor knife and it jerked back and gouged deep into my thumb. You know its deep when you see the white meat of your flesh split wide open, followed by an unstopping stream of Blood. Luckily I had some black electricians tape in my tool box. I put a clean Kleenex over it and taped it in place tightly which stopped the bleeding. It now looks like somebody got murdered on the hood of the Parts wagon!
After cursing the razor knife, I continued on. The stainless trim around the windshield was really put up a fight, but eventually pried out. I then carefully removed the windshield. These 50’s curved windshields are fragile and notorious for cracking if you aren’t careful. I learned this the hard way when I was 15, removing the windshield out of my ’58 Ford T-bird. I gave the windshield a good hit with my palm in order to get it loose, and cracked the whole corner of it. That was a $850 mistake I would never make again.
The Wagon I will be working on has a very badly broken windshield, so this is a good exchange.
I am actually thinking of cutting the parts wagon in half, and transforming the back half of it into a towable trailer to match the Wagon. Here is a picture of one done on a ’54 Ford Wagon. They added a boat to the top, but I would keep the top the same, and maybe add a luggage rack.
Pretty cool, huh? Now, where is my Sawzall?
Ranchwagon's Blog 