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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Moxee WA
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Re: 55-57 one piece windows
LDO - welcome to the world of the retired. We pulled the plug 1 year ago and are having more fun than we imagined.
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Location: Olympia, WA
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
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Re: 55-57 one piece windows
All these years later still thinking about the Trique latches. Found a pic of a partial install, and I really don't see how there is room with the window track moved back in the door. It looks pretty tight at the top. Wanting to autocross and wanted better (without slamming) latches. Heard stories about doors popping open with stock latches but have not seen it yet. Maybe I should look into some kind of sliding pins like they use on suicide door street rods?
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Senatobia, MS
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Re: 55-57 one piece windows
I made mine work.
Got a video on my phone of it where you can see my door glass template going up and down with the altman latches and panels on the door.
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
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Re: 55-57 one piece windows
Since I am 99 percent sure my window tracks would interfere and don’t want to relocate them for bear claws, I used suicide door pins unconventionally. Carolina Custom electric pins mounted in the jam rather than the door. Now I can guarantee the doors won’t come unlatched on corners and when I wire them up (and to my car alarm) I’ll have remote electric door locks. No fighting with the key while the wifey complains that I’m too slow.
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