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Ranger SuperCab with "Flip Out" side windows?


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I did some googling and researching, but could not find out if any of the "4-door"(suicide style) SuperCab Rangers also had the "flip out" rear side windows?

And if a SuperCab (with or with out the extra doors) could be converted from "fixed window" to "flip out windows" on the side. (I currently have an 01 SuperCab 2 door with fixed windows).

I kind of want to make a "Frankenstein" truck and was wanting to get an OBD1 "chassis" and interior(at least the dash...skirting emissions) and put a SuperCab cab on it(preferably suicide door with flipout windows...just depending on what I can find with in the best condition really. and yes this will be a long term "project"...

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I have seen them on the suicide doors, but the pop put windows were never common.

Its's pretty much just bolting in the new window assembly though, nothing difficult.
 

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Thanks for the info...I am looking through what is available on Ebay now, but havent seen a "suicide" door with flip out quarter glass......yet. I will be interested doing the swap if its just a bolt in. But also want to have the matching interior panels if at all possible.

Thanks again for the quick response. Very much appreciated. I was so disappointed when I got my truck and I found the rear quarters were not flip out. Truck was too a deal to pass up though. But yeah, I love those windows. All the way back to my Nissan King Cab days.

Ideally I would like to replace the manual fold out mechanism with one that is motorized...like from old minivan or other vehicle that had fold out windows in the back. Maybe Im just lazy, but I still think it would be cool.
 

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My Dodge Caravan has the motorized flip out rear windows...my 88 Ranger had the manual flip out windows too...

I like them and use them quite often in warm weather or just wanting a bit of fresh air flow without opening the windows...
 

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My Dodge Caravan has the motorized flip out rear windows...my 88 Ranger had the manual flip out windows too...

I like them and use them quite often in warm weather or just wanting a bit of fresh air flow without opening the windows...
Yup, the Caravan was where I got the idea from back when they came out with it to motorize my Nissan rear quarters. Did a couple, but nothing ever really "finished". Ended up cutting the top off the truck...heheh...full time vert.

Some dreams never die...just would love to see a stock ranger "suicide door" with flip out quarter glass.
 

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From what I remember (I thought about doing this to my '98 supercab with fixed windows, but just went with sliding rear window in the end):

The glass for a fixed window '94-97 was same part number as my '98, which would mean the hole in the sheetmetal was correct size and it is possible.

I'm trying to remember if the hinges*/latch used the same bolt holes as the fixed glass or not. There was something about this which made me drop the idea, just can't remember exactly what it was...

You would need to grab the gasket around the window, too. (Actually, you might want to get this new; see below)

*hinge is being generous, it is more like spring - a simple thin piece of metal that was attached to cab/bolted to window and you "flex" it when you open the window. And that explains why they often leak - after being opened a few hundred times over 20+ years, the spring has lost some of its pre-load and does hold front of window tight closed and then 65mph wind can drive rain in.
 

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Yup, the Caravan was where I got the idea from back when they came out with it to motorize my Nissan rear quarters. Did a couple, but nothing ever really "finished". Ended up cutting the top off the truck...heheh...full time vert.

Some dreams never die...just would love to see a stock ranger "suicide door" with flip out quarter glass.
l've had a few brainstorms that went south rapidly...lol

I will say though that the best solution I found are those plastic window covers that run up along the side of the window. It allows you to open the window while driving and in rain...I'm sure you've seen them...the only problem with them is they don't take too much abuse...I smashed one backing through a narrow driveway that was lined with cedar hedges...and you can't usually buy just one to replace a broken one.

Glass flip out works great on the Dodge but I've left them open more often than closed. I am planning to get vents for the Van as soon as I can because they help prevent ice from freezing the window shut...which drives me crazy in the cold weather.
 

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l've had a few brainstorms that went south rapidly...lol

I will say though that the best solution I found are those plastic window covers that run up along the side of the window. It allows you to open the window while driving and in rain...I'm sure you've seen them...the only problem with them is they don't take too much abuse...I smashed one backing through a narrow driveway that was lined with cedar hedges...and you can't usually buy just one to replace a broken one.
The rear ones on my F-150 were busted out in a hailstorm. You can not buy them one at a time you have to get a whole set.

They don't come off in one piece in a JY either (I have been trying)
 

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