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Title: WTB rear quarter window regulators for a 1955 convertible
Post by: Mike Baillargeon #15848 on August 09, 2015, 05:18:38 PM
If you have good motors for them that would be great.

Mike
Title: Re: WTB rear quarter window regulators for a 1955 convertible
Post by: Mike Baillargeon #15848 on January 02, 2020, 05:25:58 PM
I'm updating an old WTB post of mine from 4-5 years ago...

Before I bought the old 1955 Convertible, somebody grabbed the rear window regulators.....they are hard to find.....

I finally found a pair on eBay......eBay has a feature that they'll email you all new postings that have your buzz words...."54-55 window regulators"..

Those emails came to me for years.....finally I recognized one that looked like what I needed....turned out the seller had the regulators for both sides...

I also purchased new motors and they came with the pigtails....

Here are some pictures....they cleaned up nice after the sandblasting....

Mike
Title: Re: WTB rear quarter window regulators for a 1955 convertible
Post by: Cadman-iac on January 06, 2020, 05:14:43 AM
Just curious,  aren't the convertible  and the coupe regulators the same? Or do the convertible windows go down differently?  I know my 56 coupe windows have an odd  path to follow in order to get all of the window down inside the 1/4 panel.
Are the convertible windows shorter in length than the coupe maybe?
Title: Re: WTB rear quarter window regulators for a 1955 convertible
Post by: Roger Zimmermann on January 06, 2020, 11:41:41 AM
The quarter windows are not the same; the way they go down is different too. Convertible windows have a fixed pivot; the closed coupes don't have that as you can see on your own coupe.
Title: Re: WTB rear quarter window regulators for a 1955 convertible
Post by: Mike Baillargeon #15848 on January 06, 2020, 12:45:35 PM
Yes Roger's got it right...

The coupes rear quarter window track has a weird almost "S" shape to it.

The convertible's spins up and down at a fixed point near the upper door jamb.

Mike
Title: Re: WTB rear quarter window regulators for a 1955 convertible
Post by: Cadman-iac on January 07, 2020, 04:02:07 PM
Quote from: Mike Baillargeon  #15848 on January 06, 2020, 12:45:35 PM
The convertible's spins up and down at a fixed point near the upper door jamb.

Mike

I remember that now. It's been a long time since I've seen one, even longer since I've seen one in action.
Thanks.