Neo914 single piece door windows, the plan at least... Options

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New Porsches have done away with "vent" glass as have most modern cars so this feature should be on the Neo914. Apparently this has been done by someone in AK but was too much custom work such that it required constant adjustment and the fabricator would not duplicate them based on these problems. The person telling me the information guessed the donor glass came from a Jeep. Miles claims one was done with Miata door glass but they come with a vent window like the 914…? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

Installing them will require a triangle "filler" so the front rail will have enough space to be mounted and there will be more than a "point" of the glass in the rail. There are two metal pockets that strengthen the hinges and there is a door stop mechanism which will interfere with a rail at the forward side of the door. Since the door is relatively short, there is very little room for structure below the window to firmly hold the window upright in extension. Some doors actually bond a mount up on the glass for the lifter. If I can’t find an existing side glass that works I'll go ahead and cut a plexiglass piece to develop the lift mechanism. If there is enough interest I’d consider having them manufactured. I’ve got tooling estimates and they can produce them out of tempered or laminate glass. A kit may not be feasible since the door will require cutting and fabrication to fit the glass, rails, and mechanism. It would likely be a complete door with core charge.