Has anyone grafted a split window in a car /truck that didn't have one original? Shoebox Ford or other? Just curious. Any pics?
Split rear windows were usually used to let the back of the roof have some curve, before curved tempered safety gl*** came into use around 1940. Seems it would be a backwards step, styling wise, to add it to a car made after 1940. But a neat custom touch on an earlier car with a flat single window.
I did, started with a graft idea but couldn’t find one that fit well enough since I made the whole damn car. So made the rear window too. 100% absolutely without a doubt the toughest part I’ve ever made. There’s multiple compound curves in the roof. The window frame needs to follow all of those and end up flat inside. I still haven’t made the interior garnish yet. It was quite the discussion and decision over quite sometime. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/truck-into-a-coupe-my-next-pet-project.850807/page-19 the back window starts on page 19
Back in the day my old boss and his buddy made some good money cutting out the split window bar in '63 Vette's and installing the one piece window from a '64. Fast forward to today and there are people undoing the work he (and others) did to have the correct look. I guess it doesn't really matter to them you can't see didly out the rear window of a true '63 split window Vette.
This is a scan of a page of a car featured in my latest issue of G***er Wars Magazine. Later in the article it says the rear window is VW. Gary
I put a 39 Ford split back window into a 48 Plymouth business coupe. The Plymouth had a flat rear gl*** in a rounded body. The Ford window actually matched better, in my opinion.
Found the one in mine right here on the HAMB! Only had to pay shipping to get it to me. The guy saved it for a roof chop that never happened and had it hanging around his place for years. He was happy to find someone that could use it. I was desperate, the rear window on the Plymouth was leaking bad from the rusted out window support. We had no idea if it would work or not. Fit like it belonged there! If I could remember who the guy was, I'd give him props, he sure helped me out.
31Vicky with a hemi. I love it! That back split window is crazy gooooddddd! I really love the split window look in these older cars. 1963 vette had very---------but is now one of the most desirable ones on the market. Everyone looks for a 1963 split window. And gene- koning That rear window almost sold me! Don't have the money! Can anyone photo shop a split window on a 1950 Ford coupe? Side mirrors are good if you can't see out the back window!
I remember when you did it. I’d had the idea already and when i saw yours i knew i had to do it. My project has been stalled for a long time tho
That couldn’t look any more right! So much so, that as many times as I have seen pics of your car, I thought it was factory.
The old cluttered mind doesn't work as well as it did a few years ago. I thought maybe it was you I got the rear window from, but didn't want to call out the wrong guy. I thought you were saving it for something, but I do remember you had it for a while. Thank you, it helped me a lot.
Ha! You sure wouldn't want me to photo shop anything! A 3 year old with a box of crayons would be a better picture. The back window in a 46-48 Plymouth is pretty worthless, they sit too high on the body to see much out of them. Then the sides of the car behind the doors is the widest point on the car, side mirrors have to stick out 6" to see around the sides of the car, and then I have no idea where the rear bumper is. You can see cars on the road behind you, but backing up is a challenge. Even those cheap license plate mounted backup cameras are wonderful for backing the coupe up. They last 3-4 years.
the owner of our local custom car shop had a '55 chevy with a '57 olds top (and 3-piece backlight) grafted on.
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