Great Moments in Auto Glass #529 

What Vehicle Did PPG use for Mobile Auto Glass Installations in the 1940's?

Culled from 1946 PPG Glass Manual recovered at their old St. Louis Branch:
    In 1937 the Company organized the Auto Glass Installation Service which has come to be a well - established branch of the warehouse business. The service offered includes the replacement of automobile glass both in warehouse shops and in the field by trained and skilled servicemen. Sidecar motorcycles equipped with compartments for carrying glass, provide excellent and rapid service to garages, automobile fleet owners, service stations or the individual automobile owner.

    This auto glass replacement service is of especial interest to insurance companies whose comprehensive automobile liability coverage includes the replacement of glass. The requirements of the insurance companies have produced a considerable volume of auto glass replacement business.

    Company figures indicate that the replacement business will continue to be of very great volume and the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company auto glass replacement service should be of great value to the auto glass replacement shops and automobile dealer repair shops.