Those windows that i cut in the last post. I also had to check fitment in other places.
Let's start with the door frames. The front quarter (triangle) windows dropped right into the frame. Easy peasy. Even the side windows fit into the frames. And they slide easily up and down. I did put new felt channels into the frames. This helps them slide.
Since I had windows I might as well put them into the doors. This protects them and gets rid of a pile of parts. I think I mentioned that before, about how much space a car takes up when its in pieces.
Here is where it gets problematic. The car had electric windows. Those wires to said electric windows were non existent. They didn't even come out of the body. And, Almost serendipitously, the window motors were not working. I checked them both. There was also a broken spring pivot on one of the regulators. The decision was easy. Just buy some new window regulators. They were not expensive compared to the amount of time to repair the old ones. And, they were manual wind up. No need for pesky, vapoware wires.
now, the problem is that the new regulators were advertised as fitting a wide range of cars. This is in fact, not true. The horizontal slider is a totally different length to and will not bolt in the door. I honestly don't know if they come in different sizes. I just used the old factory power regulator horizontal slider guide (That should be an acronym) instead. Here is the difference in length. The shorter one is correct for the 1980SC door. Maybe someone can explain this.
Once the mystery of the factory power regulator horizontal slider guide (I told you that should be an acronym) was solved the frames and windows all assembled normally.
Horray, there is "glass" in the doors.
