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manobilt
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 Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: rear roll down windows |
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| I just bought a couple of '51 bug models and they show a window crank on the rear quarter panels. Is this accurate? |
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Derek Cobb
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Uh...no.
They probably use the interior moldings for convertibles as well as hard tops. For a convertible, it would be correct |
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manobilt
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: rear quarter cranks |
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| so the round thing behind it is the ash tray? |
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RareAir
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: Re: rear quarter cranks |
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| so the round thing behind it is the ash tray? |
Yes, it's an ashtray. Sort of a half sphere. |
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manobilt
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:39 pm Post subject: rear cranks |
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| o.k., so then that means somewhere there ought to be a pair of regulators that could possibly be reworked into a hardtop? |
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bill may
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: rear cranks |
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| manobilt wrote: |
| o.k., so then that means somewhere there ought to be a pair of regulators that could possibly be reworked into a hardtop? |
it would behoove you to stick to model cars. you would have difficulty with the manual written by Mr.John Muir in my opinion.
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Derek Cobb
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The way the window in the convertible rear window mechanism works would not work on a hardtop without extreme modifications.
You seem to be beating around the bush about what you have in mind.
If you want to make the rear windows of a hardtop beetle roll down, You might do better to modify the door window regulator, but it's still gonna take some MAJOR modifications.
Plastic models are a poor substitute for a real car when you are designing body moifications of that nature. There are lots of dimensional issues that can't be answered on something so small. |
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manobilt
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: rear window cranks |
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| I realize that models are not the way to answer all my questions, but i have no intent on cutting up my '56 or my '62 in a half assed attempt to try to do something different. it's the only reason i asked and i do appreciate your level of knowledge seeing as it's obviously more than my own, but i dont appreciate being talked down to. thinking out loud is what i do. if i must tolerate the one liners looking for easy prey so be it, it is worth the wealth of knowledge had by the more mature of the members. |
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manobilt
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: rear cranks |
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| p.s. thanx for your insight derek, my rudeness was in no way directed towards you. |
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manobilt
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: rear cranks |
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Mr. Mafia, using words like behooved hardly make you an intellectual. If you have nothing constructive, or even the least bit interesting, to add then please return to the mid sixties  portion of this forum. |
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Woodyxjs
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| Hmmmm.. 15 posts VS 8284 posta........ I wonder who is gonna win this spat ? |
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Major Woody
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| This is a dumb thread. Go look at your car or at the gallery. The amount of work required to retrofit a sedan's rear quarter windows to roll down into a channel in the quarter panel should be obvious. It would be a huge job and it would look silly. |
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