55.2-59 door glass conversion

[la hi]

1957 swb 3100. Can anyone steer me towards the thread for converting the door glass to a one piece glass? if not:
Can anyone give me a template of the glass so I can have one cut?
thanks
larry

[dsraven]

it's a 3 part you tube. some mods are required because of the shape of the door and glass. here is part one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2_p9Ol9isE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iI5wEinY9E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJSBA7-o_n8

[dsraven]

the rest are on here

https://m.roadkillcustoms.com/how-to...vy-gmc-trucks/

lots of guys say the one piece glass is problematic and have issues sealing the weather out.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...ersion.445966/

[dsraven]

and then there is this thread but some of the links don't work. you could always private message blackdiesel
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=366078&page=5

[la hi]

Thanks a million raven, this will get me started
larry

[la hi]

I watched the video's and I see why only a few of these get converted.

[clegg]

I have the template.

[62 Barnfind]

Does the conversion work with Altman latches?

[RostaRob]

Your thread ended so I'm not sure if you ever went ahead with the conversion but Brothers just posted a how to video and it looks pretty easy. I'm thinking of doing it on my 59. Anyone else use Brothers one piece glass conversion yet?

[_Ogre]

Ogre used the brothers kit, it fits good enough but falls out of the track in the down position if you drive it. I'd modify black diesel's install by adding the track on the bottom. I did electric windows using 07 dodge Dakota regulators. It was cheap, like free cheap

[mick53]

I was sad to see wind windows go on modern cars. I guess they wanted you to buy A/C. I think one of the coolest things on my 53 is the little visors over the vent windows.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by mick53

I was sad to see wind windows go on modern cars. I guess they wanted you to buy A/C. I think one of the coolest things on my 53 is the little visors over the vent windows.

My wing windows were totally shot, it would have been $600 plus to replace them. Any scissors type window regulator can be adapted with the right tenacity. Just go for it, you can not fail, you might have to start over, that is not failure until the 3rd try

[RostaRob]

Free is a very good price. I saw on one of the videos that your supposed to not cut the channel at all and just leave the piece towards the front to help keep it on track. How did yours seal up? No whistling sound while driving?

[MD2020]

Here is the problem with the 1 piece glass.
both these lines are parallel to each other, if you add to the frame where the arrow is it would work much better, as the glass goes down it has to move toward the front of the truck so modifying the felt channel parallel to the other would take care of the problem.
EDIT--Sounds easy but not to bad for a fabricator, I may go back and modify my modify.

[MALIBLOC]

here is some pic, the brothers kits is the way to go, it come with everything and their videos help tremendously.
Glass is thinner theres no doubt against that but not sure of the pros and cons of that.
Im very happy with install and the look.

where Im pointing there is a overlap in the metal and the brother video says to cut that seam (overlap) and hammer it as smooth as possible , it does bind the window up a bit teherewhen rolling it up, I would recommend taking the Makita 4" grinder to it and grind it smooth that way there no binding and the window can roll up smooth.

Beside that its perfect

[mrbuck]

Malibloc—- did you have to modify the original track position, or add a front channel support. How does it seal when in up position? Any wind noise?

I’ve been going back and forth about 1 piece or ordering all new original glass, the of glass is roughly 1000$ where as the kit is 400.

[MALIBLOC]

very little to no modification , there is a small bracket you cut off, and the felt window channel acts as a up and down guide. Be sure to grind down the overlap in the front portion of each door .
You have the ability to move the glass front and back and Im confident my window is in the center position to fit frame and I do not have any wind noise, lets just say if almost impossible to shut doors with window up, if your window is down you can feel the wind blast thru the open window!

Im very happy with the conversion, brothers truck has the best kit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIjzwUBnsqs

[mrbuck]

That’s good to hear, I’ve been reading very mixed reviews. I’m hoping they’ve made some adjustments over the years to make them better. I’m definitely leaning towards 1 piece kit.

[BBPanel]

So I'm curious if anyone knows exactly what changes they made to the earlier kits. I bought a kit ~15 years ago (I assume that qualifies as the earlier version) and there is nothing to prevent the front channel from flopping around - its no wonder the glass could/would fall out and unless I'm misunderstanding from above discussions nothing has changed. I haven't used the kit yet - wish I knew if the glass is the same shape as the older version because I could probably figure out something for the front channel. I hesitate to call and ask Brothers because they'll probably say sure its changed but won't be able to tell me how.