Broken rear window

So, if you can get a replacement in 8 weeks you are in business!

drsteve wrote:
A quick Google search reveals that many auto glass companies will repair camper shell glass.

Call around.

I called every Glass Co within 100 miles and not one would touch the camper shell. Nor Camping repair places. 8 weeks to get a new one.

Like westend, I tried to back my pickup into the garage with that door in the up position. What an explosion of glass! We were still finding it years later. I maybe got a deal because a relative worked at a local window manufacturer, but my new piece of tinted, tempered glass cost $84. I managed to straighten the frame well enough.

I think you just need to exercise those dialing fingers a little more. Maybe google the words "custom glass".

The glass was made in volume by some glass manufacturer and provided to the folks who built the shell. You should be able to find out who built the glass and get it directly or from the wholesaler who provided it to the shell manufacturer. See if you can find a similar shell with an unbroken piece of glass and you might find the name of the manufacturer there.
Try giving these folks a call. https://www.custompickup.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&c=27

I broke the glass on my ARE shell (backed into my garage with the window up). Insurance would not cover it. I got a quote from an accessories reseller for $650. I am making a new back cover with aluminum plate.
Look for a seller of truck canopies and other accessories in your area. The replacement should be easy to source.

A quick Google search reveals that many auto glass companies will repair camper shell glass.

Call around.

These folks only sell wholesale, I believe, but you can try-
http://www.parkin-acc.com/page28.html

Or these folks:
http://www.duncansys.com/truckcapdoorglassreplacement

I am surprised that glass companies won't touch it. Are these ones that will do windshields and other automotive glass work, or only residential stuff, or preferably both? Also, have you enquired of the cap maker if you can get replacement glass or a replacement door/window?

The glass was obviously tempered safety glass, as it ought to be (it may well be legally required to be safety glass of some sort). Getting a replacement, if you can't obtain the glass from the cap maker, would involve cutting a piece of untempered flat glass to shape and having it tempered before installation. I would think that most decent glass companies would be capable of this sort of work, though they may well have to sub out the tempering to a specialist company.

Plexiglass or Lexan (polycarbonate) is not a bad idea, as was suggested above.

Around 1990, I did something really stupid with my Chevy S-10 truck camper. I had a rope hanging from the ceiling of the carport and the rear window of the shell open. When I pulled out, the rope caught the handle on the rear window (door) of the shell and shattered the glass into oblivion.

I checked everywhere I could possibly find (this was before the days of public Internet you know). I couldn't find anywhere that would fix it. I had no choice but to purchase a new shell.

Maybe things have changed since then.

Did you check with your insurance agent? When I worked at an agency, we knew of 2 facilities in the area that would do glass on pickup toppers and pickup campers, back hatch window glass etc. They may know of someone.

Or - if the frame is still good, could you put plexiglass in it?