Re: IML: 1962 Power Vent Window Conversion

["Christopher Middlebrook" <delamothe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

About three months after I took delivery of my 62, I discovered that my driver's and passengers doors had different vent windows. The passenger side has a power vent style A frame, where the driver's side has the original knuckle buster. Whoever did this conversion (for whatever reason) probably found the power vent part at the junk yard and made it work. It's all the same form factor as you can imagine, it just doesn't have the little piece for the latch to lock to. On mine, my two vent windows have latches, but one locks to nothing. This is what led to my discovery when I was cleaning and polishing all of the brightwork in the interior.
After being puzzled for a few moments I realized I had a power vent window frame.

So to make the short story long, yes, both fit perfectly, if you don't mind the results...

Chris Middlebrook
1962 Custom Southampton

--- On Tue 02/13, Klebert L. Hall < swampyankee@xxxxxxx > wrote:

From: Klebert L. Hall [mailto: swampyankee@xxxxxxx]
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:23:44 -0500
Subject: Re: IML: 1962 Power Vent Window Conversion

> Subject: Re: IML: 1962 Power Vent Window Conversion
> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:34:38 -0500
>
> The manual vent windows have the "knuckle buster" latches. Aren't they
> quite permanently fastened to the base of the window frame?
>
> Paul W.

I've never seen it done on an Imperial, but when I've seen work on other
cars' vent windows, the whole glass-and-frame unit comes sliding out of the
door when you undo enough screws and bolts. It goes *way* down into the
door, too. My guess would be that to convert to power vents, you'd need
whole new vent-window-units.
-Kle.
'69 Crown 4DHT




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