Single piece door windows Options

[nsyr]

Anyone try this or know how to go about doing it. I think it would look really good having all one piece window compared to having the wing part.

[neo914-6]

Where would you be able to get the one piece glass that would fit? The mechanics of it is not a big deal, I know I could make it work.

I've been working on this for my modern 914 project. It requires more bracing because there will be little glass left in the door when fully raised.

Basically the glass is the costly part to produce. By astronomical chance there may be an existing side glass that has the same dimensions needed but the likely solution is a custom manufactured piece. There should be some companies that will do small runs but it will still require a small fortune in tooling. Remember this is slightly curved glass. I designed some custom pieces 20 years ago for a bus company. All this could be feasible if a few hundred of these were manufactured. I'm not sure what kind of DOT or NHTSA approval it would require but again more money for testing than most are willing to invest. You could try the "for racing purposes only" waiver but it may be too obvious that racers use plastic or nets.

Another alternative is plexiglass or lexan which is a compromise in stiffness or scratch resistance. The shops that rake the windshield use plexiglass on their side windows. You would think they would invest in this idea since they are in the business of "styling".

Felix