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ENGICvr; DETAILING

C-10 ONE-PIECE GLA'

By Rob Fortier

ing windows are cool-liter-

ally. Cool is one thing,

though, as there are other

factors involved with vent wings of any substantial vintage that quickly

throw cool onto the fire. For most, the sound of air with the windows up is not cool, unless you've got the AIC cranked up full-blast. And

where there's air, there's usually

, water leaking in as well. How cool is that?

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Up until 111y VCII~ W~II~OVIS started liowllng wltti the w ~ n d , I'd never considered eliminatlrtg tllcnl alto- , , : , , ,,. , - , : - :,: - q i ; I t > , j gether. But l o bc I lo l~cst, I'd l icvcr seen a truck of tl l is era ~11111out wclits, SO it wasn't an obv~ous 0pt40n ... until rlovr, that is. . . , .:. : t :;i?\i 3 ~ y ,I~)(IIII 1('rr11

~hvdrr to OW PIN@ ~roducb, you can fly w~tk- out why, Irmtead sportlng one-plses door glass In pur C-10, The klt offend corn8 compkte w~th new aafoty lvr, runnor#, ~ t , o . s ~ o s y werytnlnp you n r d ta c o ~ ~ d 1* convemlon ju6t hart of the true4 W1.

hekxiw on one sIde.tfion~fold t j l i m d l down I orom-support panel toward the bettom ef the

Inoluded wIm the a n Rn tmnplatas lor W n g addlHonJ Lplm thrt wa rqulrsd 10 alw ~d I n determlno rrAps Ihe toww mau- tar mum h4lm will be, rlnC8 Lm d y doors &I not haw umkfonr tor #rm.

OW W h # e b Btn was klnd enough to walk w tlrOUah Ihb iWl l8 t los process, whlch wtu- I I ~ &rb w r t ~ #a dlsasembly of the stoclt walpmntu, 8tarUng wlth the vent wlndows.

81ncetb wpI.nceof glaw wlll be travrlln# In a different m r , tC mar channel nqulm an extelwlor ( k c w e d In the ~ t l , ahown hem, mwr We lorner portfon fornard.

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Wormally, me forward edge of the gia# traveled By movlng the nur channel forward, the stock up and down the vent wing's dlrlder airlp~ wlth- door lock tumbler becomes an Inkrference. The - out It, the glass now trawls In tha k m u d edge cure is to simply trtm back the p M k n that con- The forward gap Is also deeper than the red, so of the door. Thls channel Is for l4m forward dlder nects to the latch ass8mbly. TI& dws not affect rubber q~aesn on used to make We mwss tab to t rsel In, and Is alsa a pdnt of adjustment. the movement of L o psrts whatsoever, equal all the way around.

W I T H O U T W I N G S

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outouts for rn tiglt epmm Ta ensun a # q m ft thlt dtowa ths glass to t r w l l smothly, mR, you'll rmed to ensure the d w h awlQ I8 m wmetly,

narrow than o m mas, w h w a wooden hamnor handh d h l l y owned up the gap ?o not only allow tk klt to sit rlght, b u l also tp ~ I V O the gass am rorm lo move up and down.

The u u w muntlnn oolnt hvhloh was loepted

With th, wbnded p h e d leu mIpM run By nmowng me vent wrnoprr m n r ~ , rome Into lat&amnee WUI the rpeer dpor khge bolts, fha c h a c w ol ma b m k h g are entnmely hlgh, 80 llvold It by wlng the supplied (short- e m ) hwdwam to m p l w the stock ones,

dpoa may a I M e mm Rlrmy toward the top. l m a t ~ c r u m , ~ t a ~ a pkoe of 1M-lnoh aqla Iron llne glua it hnuthwlse on tha outef l n m r l n ww m m llp.

W I T H O U T W l H G S

T ~ I S WIII smmgmn up the rtmwod arm, esw c M y when you pull tlrs door shut wlth the wln- aowporm,

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TI^ toward runner help e ~ m the g l a ~ stays mo old Wps am mmwsd from Ihl plM, rd Um I n t h e n a r i 1 c h r n n J whon kwered;Italso n a r v ~ p r o I n s l a l M w M h t h l ~ ~ l f bn8UtO8 the g l a u Wela up md Into Ihe uppw yoll w't haw a rfrslsng gun, #n h pur- toit oorraatly. c h a d atlfarbor FreieMwrylmWmItOrr.

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versus function, right? Well, in this care, it's I the side profile the way it r M d have been I enough of each to make It appealiq to both schools. The loss of the vent wing elimlnales a useful venting function of the Iruck, but it also opens up your plane of sight dramatically, allowing you to se the full length of h e door out of each side without obstruction. Form Is obvlous: The loss of the obtrusive divider bar o p w up

done, something GM didn't implement until the late 1980s. With the window openings not affording much room to begin with. many early C-10 owners ought to instantly welcome the new Om Piece P d u c t s elbwv-rown maker, and we're abwt to show p u just how easy it is to accomplish. ff