It's not been easy, rounding up the necessary parts to convert this wagon to factory electric windows[xx(]. Frankly, had I known what the switch was gonna be like, I'd have opted for some aftermarket power window kits and been done with it. But I already HAD a PW setup for a 4dr sedan and I felt certain that they'd work in a 4dr wagon of the same era. WRONG!
I'm now down to ONE little piece that I feel confident I can fudge if need be. I had one vendor sell me this last piece only to have it be the WRONG one when it showed up yesterday.[8]
But today I looked over the door glasses and while they're at least serviceable, one of them's cracked at one lower corner and chipped along it's front edge. Since I was gonna go into town anyway, I decided to see what these flat, square pieces would cost to have cut new. Yikes! FIFTY bucks apiece! That was at the cheap place. The premium place wanted $83+ for ONE window. I'm sorry - that's too much for a piece of flat glass that costs them a couple of bucks. These windows are roughly 16" X 15". I mean... how expensive can this stuff be?[:0]
<Sigh> I'm gonna take this piece with me to Fresno later in the week. Fresno usually has more competitive prices than this little one-horse place (population 110K and surging upward!). After all, the one place quoted me 48 bucks for a stick of the flexible window run and I managed to get it thru a friend who works for a glass distributorship for $27.
Miscreant at large.
1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President 2-dr
1955 President State
1951 Champion Biz cpe
1963 Daytona project FS
I'm now down to ONE little piece that I feel confident I can fudge if need be. I had one vendor sell me this last piece only to have it be the WRONG one when it showed up yesterday.[8]
But today I looked over the door glasses and while they're at least serviceable, one of them's cracked at one lower corner and chipped along it's front edge. Since I was gonna go into town anyway, I decided to see what these flat, square pieces would cost to have cut new. Yikes! FIFTY bucks apiece! That was at the cheap place. The premium place wanted $83+ for ONE window. I'm sorry - that's too much for a piece of flat glass that costs them a couple of bucks. These windows are roughly 16" X 15". I mean... how expensive can this stuff be?[:0]
<Sigh> I'm gonna take this piece with me to Fresno later in the week. Fresno usually has more competitive prices than this little one-horse place (population 110K and surging upward!). After all, the one place quoted me 48 bucks for a stick of the flexible window run and I managed to get it thru a friend who works for a glass distributorship for $27.
Miscreant at large.
1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President 2-dr
1955 President State
1951 Champion Biz cpe
1963 Daytona project FS
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