Is there a way to adjust or modify the door window mechanism in a Pantera to get them to go all the way down into the doors?
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Ted Mitchell enterprises found at http://ted.mystarband.net/pparts.htm sells a kit that claims to solve this problem and all the other Pantera window problems. Costs around $750 and is supposed to be direct bolt in with no holes to drill.
Gary
Gary
This was the subject of a rather sketchy write-up in a mid-70s POCA newsletter, while Panteras were still being built. The problem is, the window mechanism is longer than the door depth, so some grinding of the links and repositioning of the glass in the mechanism must be done to gain that last 1/4 inch. This changes the leverage yoiur window mechanism has lifting the window, so the stock motor then has to work harder to do its job. NOT grinding away the bottom section of the linkage will dent the lower edge of your door's thin skin, and yes, it IS visible from the outside. All in all, not worth the multiple tweeking necessary IMHO Most drivers nowadays don't roll the windows down & rest their arms on the edge anyway.
Thanks for the reply FordGT and Jack. For $750 I will suffer the slow windows and sore arm!
BD, can't help you with the sore arm, but I am about to undertake speeding them up a bit with the power window conversion using AEROSTAR motors. Complete details can be found at Mike Dailey's "The Pantera Place" website http://www.panteraplace.com/page164.htm
It gives complete details on how to convert the present windows to faster operating windows with much less power draw. It tells you what tools you need gives you a diagram for drilling the mounting holes and looks pretty straight forward.
I went to the local junk yard and found an aerostar with power windows and took them out. Unfortunately, they were the 3 hole variety ( you need the 4 hole) I bought them both for 25 bucks (and they actually worked). I went to my local parts house and they had several options and various prices including a Ford rebuild with a one year warranty. There was a 30 core charge on each so I traded in my 3 hole units and saved $35.
The price of the Ford unit was $85 with a $30 core. You might luck out at a junk yard and find 4 hole units that work and you could save some big $$$$.
This job could be done with luck for about $40 at a junk yard or as much as $160 for remanufactured warranteed units.
Gary
It gives complete details on how to convert the present windows to faster operating windows with much less power draw. It tells you what tools you need gives you a diagram for drilling the mounting holes and looks pretty straight forward.
I went to the local junk yard and found an aerostar with power windows and took them out. Unfortunately, they were the 3 hole variety ( you need the 4 hole) I bought them both for 25 bucks (and they actually worked). I went to my local parts house and they had several options and various prices including a Ford rebuild with a one year warranty. There was a 30 core charge on each so I traded in my 3 hole units and saved $35.
The price of the Ford unit was $85 with a $30 core. You might luck out at a junk yard and find 4 hole units that work and you could save some big $$$$.
This job could be done with luck for about $40 at a junk yard or as much as $160 for remanufactured warranteed units.
Gary