Rear quarter glass idea...?

[droid#83853]

Well, they have targa tops for Mustangs, why not roll down quarter glass? I have often wondered if you could take the roll down rear quarter glass from a convertible, and fit it into a coupe. That would be neat, the ability to roll down all the windows. Confirmed, plausible, or busted?

 

[SaleenGT2001]

wow thats weird, i was thinking the same thing today. i drove a vert and it looks like it may work.

 

[forum155pl]

that would be tight, i want one

 

[droid#83853]

Anybody with a 'vert in the upper NW of Washington that would allow me to examine their car? I wonder if the factory manual has a diagram. Like all my ideas, this looks good on paper.

 

[sicK96GT]

i have a vert, and its not deep enough for the window to slide all the way down into the car. might fit a little more than 3/4' of the way. You would have to jump into some trunk room like the vert' roadster benz' to get the hard top down, they lay it in the trunk.

I guess you could cut something out of the floor, lol

 

[forum155pl]

droid, i'm in spokane.. i guess thats not NW lol...

 

[SaleenGT2001]

so the vert body is different from the coupe? i figure4d everything below the doors would be the same

 

[sicK96GT]

i have owned a coupe and a vert, i was told that the body is thicker (more space between the seats and the outside of the car) and the seats are closer due to the top having to fit in the space behind the back seat.

correct me if im wrong.

 

[whyask]

No your right the, Vert has more room in the frame due to the Vert. top and smaller seats for the eqmt. used for the vert. It will be very tight in a coupe but in theory you could set it up. some welding and fabing up. but ya it could work..IN THEORY..?? Check a hanes manual for a complete detailed description on frame width between the coupe and vert in the area your are needed for the window to roll down. Good Luck.

 

[Mustang5L5]

That would be pretty cool, but i think it would take a lot of engineering to make it work.

It would have been cool if Ford found a way to make the glass from the door and the quarter window seal against each other in a way that you could roll down both and have no window support between them.

Then again you lose a lot of structure elimnating the B-pillar like that.

It would be cool as hell, but unsure if it could be pulled off and have the car still be structurally sound in a roll-over

 

[deftsound]

i dont think it would be worth the effort

 

[forum155pl]

buy a vert and put a hard top on it

 

[Mossberg]

There are companies that sell hardtops for vert Stangs.

 

[FivePointStang]

There are companies that sell hardtops for vert Stangs.

Where?

 

[Mossberg]

Where?

Ask and Ye shall receive!

This one doesn't solve the qtr glass problem though. I'll see if I can find others.

http://www.powerpassion.nl/mustang/secret_weapon.html

 

[FivePointStang]

Hmmm.... seems cool but I didnt see a price on the site. Which means they are probably un-Godly expensive.