Do you have a photo of this application, or Rick's contact information? I know you may not want to let it out, but maybe he is in our register?
It is very unlikely that Tom Tjaarda drew the original design with that small window detail. The final solution had to have been a cost cutting engineering solution. To the purist, making this change is anathema and I get that, but it sure makes sense and would look better. I've had my Pantera for 40 years, it's still my hobby.