Noonan Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 Working on the 40 plymputh club coupe with one piece door glass. Getting prepared for the new glass and weatherstrip etc. to arrive. I'm noticing that on my regulator lower channel that accepts and secures the glass there are no circular wheels at the ends of this channel that I've seen on other regulators through my limited research. There are no wheels on tnis channel on the driver or passenger. Is this unique to one piece door glass ? I've attached a coulple photos of the rear on the passenger door. Quote
andyd Posted February 16 Report Posted February 16 One piece door glass?......I've not heard of this on a 40's Mopar......so there is no 1/4 vent window?..........do you have a picture showing the door with the window up?.......interested to see this setup, I can't offer much help re the way the window works, although here in Australia the 1940/41 cars which were all based on the Plymouth body shell whilst they all had 1/4 vent windows didn't use any "wheels' as they did in the USA but had channels that a spring/wedge slid against at the front & back of the window edge......I had an ex USA built 1941 RHD Plymouth Coupe, assembled originally in South Africa, imported into Oz in the 1990's with 1/4 windows and will confirm that it did indeed have those diecast wheels at either end of the window channel..........BTW you state your car is a "Club Coupe".........by that do I assume that it has the small folding rear seats?.........my 41 Coupe was also similarly equiped and was what was called an "ASC" or Auxillary Seat Coupe........... being factory RHD with this option it was a fairly rare car..........which I sold like a dope...............lol...............andydo Quote
Noonan Posted February 17 Author Report Posted February 17 I would like to know more about this spring/wedge. yes sir, the plymouth p9 club coupe came with no vent windows, that is to the best of my knowledge. If you look at glass kits for the 1940 p9 club coupe they are labeled as no vent window. This car being a Canadian car proves it to be accurate. The glass is smashed, although there is a picture of the window up with the full length window whisker sweeps as well. There was not a lot of the rear seat remaining in the back of this car but but it did have the seat base yet before I removed it. Quote
Noonan Posted February 17 Author Report Posted February 17 Here are pictures of the vertical tracks (for and aft drivers door) with the c channel weather strip removed. I can clearly see the 2 slots in the rear vertical track that were made to hang the weatherstrip from. Can anyone clarify if this looks like the vertical weatherstrip tracks that would accept a wheel? Does anyone have a photo of the vertical track that definitely mated with the roller set up? At this point I'm thinking my set up is more like Andy had mentioned since there are cars that didn't use the rollers. Quote
andyd Posted February 17 Report Posted February 17 Don't think I've a pic of the door/window mechanism.....I built my car before cameras were invented..........well, maybe not that far back but I've had it since 1971, its been a hotrod since 1973............lol.........I may have a spare window with the spring/wedge thing attached will have to check & get back ........this thing as I mentioned is on either end of the window channel and the spring pushes the wedge into a slotted channel that the wedge rides against with a small amount of grease/lubricant to ease its movement............as the Oz assembled/built cars used a lot of "leftover" stuff from previous years, ie, up to 1948 all Oz built mopars had external door hinges, the internal door handles were a completely different type to that used in Nth America and even things like the 1/4 vent windows, while looking the same as US ones, pivoted at a different angle and used different seals..........will see what I can find..........andyd. Quote
desoto1939 Posted February 17 Report Posted February 17 you could also contact this person via the web search: regulatorroy. Lives in Mulica Hill NJ. He has an extensive amount of these window regulators. I have visited his shop several years ago and he had regulators for my 39 Desoto. contact him he might beable to help you. Rich Hartung desoto1939@aol.com Regulator Roy, Mullica Hill, NJ Regulator Roy 2 Folwell Lane, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062 (609) 828-8537 regulatorroy.net Quote
Noonan Posted February 19 Author Report Posted February 19 Thanks Rich, I had a bit of a look into regulator roy, looks as though he doesn't offer his services anymore. Quote
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