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Power Window Delete

February 19, 2012, 02:13:02 PM

Is there a way to remove power windows from an 88 T-bird and set them up manually? Not sure it's the right section but I'm sure I'll get directed where to go.

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Reply #1 – February 19, 2012, 02:24:41 PM

mustang stuff, i would assume.. going to be doing the same in the future, so i'll definitely be watching this thread

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Reply #2 – February 19, 2012, 02:32:02 PM

Manual windows were available on birds , they are however, rare

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Reply #3 – February 19, 2012, 10:56:21 PM

Stang door guts won't work.

FWIW, I'm snagging up some manual window doors for an '87-'88 Tuesday.

I'll let ya have 'em for the all time low price of $499.99

Per side.

Kidding. I might use them in mine, but if you want them bad enough, I'd consider selling them. ONLY reason I'm getting them is because the car they were on is going to the smasher and I know they're ed uncommon.

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Reply #4 – February 19, 2012, 11:03:52 PM

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;381137

Kidding. I might use them in mine, but if you want them bad enough, I'd consider selling them. ONLY reason I'm getting them is because the car they were on is going to the smasher and I know they're ed uncommon.

would you mind snapping some pics of them, when you get them? i'd like to see exactly how different they are from stang guts.. would like to see what it'd take to make it work

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Reply #5 – February 19, 2012, 11:10:17 PM

I can tell you right now the regulator arms are longer, and the glass mounts via clips with adhesive...last Stang my buddy and I stripped the arms used two small rivets through the glass.....

I've had my eye on this car since 2003 when I first saw it on ebay...they were asking 7K for it, and it supposedly has a "Police Interceptor" 5.0.

Way back when, I emailed them via evilbay, told them there was no such thing ever existed, much less in a late-'80s Ford car...they're complete f*cking morons...it has E6 heads for christ'sakes. I went and looked at it in person. It's an 87, blue interior, was filthier than Motley Crue's tour bus after a groupie orgy....there's a reason they STILL have the car, albeit now without the one-of-none 5.0 PI engine lol.

A friend of mine bought the shell after they pulled the 5.0 to put in a truck...told him to see about the engine harness but if it had one wire cut or a missing connector to just get me the doors.

I shoulda been more on top of this car.... :(

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Reply #6 – February 19, 2012, 11:13:08 PM

so that's it? just the clips and longer arms? i assume the birds have the longer arms?

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Reply #7 – February 19, 2012, 11:17:04 PM

Pretty much, yeah.

My '90 Stang has power windows, but it's wrapped up in a bag or I'd get your pics lol

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Reply #8 – February 19, 2012, 11:51:37 PM

lol i'll see for sure soon.. ripping my power windows out of my black car and want to go manual for those hot days at the track.. i have a spare pass side for my capri.. thanks

/thread highjack lol

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Reply #9 – February 20, 2012, 01:09:50 AM

The 83-86's had holes in the glass and you could stick a bolt through them. That is how I fixed the power windows on my dads 86 with power windows. The manuals in the 83-86's were much more common (though still rare) and used a different style then the 87-88's. Howesver, the 83-86 doors will swap with 87-88's, not sure if the internals will though.

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Reply #10 – February 25, 2012, 09:58:06 AM

the easiest way to swap to manual windows would be to trade your power window setup for my manual window setup :D

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Reply #11 – February 25, 2012, 11:33:41 AM

Forgot all about this, lol.

Picked up those doors with the manual windows monday. Doors are shiznit, but the glass and the mechanisms are great.
They'll go in my pile-o-parts that's slowly growing that will be used when my Sport gets put together.

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Reply #12 – February 25, 2012, 01:13:10 PM

Just Curious >>>>> WHY!!!!!!!!!!!

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Reply #13 – February 25, 2012, 01:39:46 PM

For me I'm getting sick of chasing wires, dealing with switch issues, and motor problems. I like the reliability of a manual window.

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Reply #14 – February 25, 2012, 01:40:06 PM

Something different, I guess.....I dunno. Never had manual windows in any of my Birds before...so why not! lol