Grenade
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- 1986
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- Ford
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I have an idea that I want to spitball past you nice people. It directly concerns the B2's rear windows, and their lack of removability.
I've noticed more than a few owners lamenting over the fact that Ford never implemented the removable rear glass on any major scale, if at all, and I've been mulling over this for a week or so. Everything I've come up with has been shot down through a fatal flaw of some kind or another, until now. So I'm hoping you guys can come up with the flaws that I'm missing.
I started with the wild-haired idea of louvered "glass", preferably plexi or an equivalent, run to a motor that would open and close it, with each piece milled at the broad sides to form a "step" that meshes with the panel below and above it, with some silicone weatherseals. The sides would have "arms that extend forward and seal against weatherstripping around the opening beside the upper half of the lower panel, thus creating one sealed panel, weather tight.
Sounds a little complex, so let me try to draw it out.
I've noticed more than a few owners lamenting over the fact that Ford never implemented the removable rear glass on any major scale, if at all, and I've been mulling over this for a week or so. Everything I've come up with has been shot down through a fatal flaw of some kind or another, until now. So I'm hoping you guys can come up with the flaws that I'm missing.
I started with the wild-haired idea of louvered "glass", preferably plexi or an equivalent, run to a motor that would open and close it, with each piece milled at the broad sides to form a "step" that meshes with the panel below and above it, with some silicone weatherseals. The sides would have "arms that extend forward and seal against weatherstripping around the opening beside the upper half of the lower panel, thus creating one sealed panel, weather tight.
Sounds a little complex, so let me try to draw it out.
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