Chuck,
If you have a '49, you should already have one-piece windows on the doors.
I have those in my '49 burb.
The power part is a different issue.
Bob Chansler
"chuck clark"
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Hooray, I finally finished my 1 one piece window project!
owner-oletrucks@aut
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12/17/2002 06:49 PM
Please respond to
"chuck clark"
I for one would very muck like to see your writeup. I want to do that to
my
49 panel.
Thanks for the effort
>From: "Wayne Craig" <wcraig@cfl.rr.com>
>Reply-To: "Wayne Craig" <wcraig@cfl.rr.com>
>To: "OLE-CHEVY-TRUCKS" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Subject: [oletrucks] Hooray, I finally finished my 1 one piece window
>project!
>Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:49:46 -0500
>
> At last I've finally finished converting the door windows on my 53 p.u.
>from
>the 2 piece with the vent windows to one piece windows. I used a kit from
>Vintage Glass to convert to the one piece window. The supplied window
>channels
>and brackets took a lot of manipulation and the kit came with no
>instructions
>whatsoever, but I finally got it done. I installed a power window kit from
>Juliano's. It came with the switches and was $350.00. It came with some
>generalized instructions, but I had to guess at a lot of the installation,
>and
>it involved a lot of cutting for access doors and building some simple
>custom
>brackets. Juliano's advertises some pieces to use to install as a run
>channel
>for the front part of the door after removing the vent windows, but I
>couldn't
>get them to work, and had to go back and use the pieces from Vintage
Glass.
>After finally getting the power window mechanism installed in the doors, I
>used some "magnum shooter" contacts from Dakota Digital to accomplish the
>wiring through the door without using any actual wires.
> Thanks to everyone on this list for all the helpful instructions along
>the
>way, especially Joe Garcia who gave a lot of helpful advice.
> Sometime after the holiday's, I plan on writing an article on the
>installation with pictures.
>
>Wayne C.
>53 Chevy 3100
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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