Vanessa's windshield has been growing a nasty crack after having been hit by a small rock which bounced up off the road some weeks back as I was driving on Route 2 in north central Massachusetts.

Today I called "The Village Glassmith" (based in Randolph, MA) to come out to my office and replace the damaged windshield.

They arrived at about 11:30 AM and after about an hour of me hovering at my office window, my girl had a brand new OEM windshield and two orange band-aids to hold the glass in place while the adhesive cured.  Click the thumbnails below to see larger pictures.  As you can see, they did a great job.

PT Neon?

During the procedure the technician asked me if I knew how PT Cruisers were put together.  I shrugged and he said "The build a Dodge Neon and then slap the PT Cruiser body over it."  I was sure I had heard something like that once before but I didn't think it was entirely accurate.

Back in my office I looked it up and verified that a PT Cruiser is not a Dodge Neon with a different body.  The PT is based on the the second generation Neon, but it has been changed in many ways, and the turbo adaptation required even more changes.  So, though the PT and the Neon do share a number of components, there are plenty of components specific to the PT and no other vehicle.