factory windows

[Absinth]

I'd say I'm pretty much convinced on the factory glass being for HJ-X-Z-WB and it being as Rodney and Sean's Van show.
HQ on the other hand I'm still to be convinced. Nothing pre HQ had factory side glass.

Back home now and have checked my manuals..... Side windows listed as per previous post in section 11.011 (glass) and 11.015 (seals) of HQ parts catalogue No. M37441 issued Oct. 1973.

Side windows were definitely a factory fitted option on HQ Sandman.

[Innuendo]

Back home now and have checked my manuals..... Side windows listed as per previous post in section 11.011 (glass) and 11.015 (seals) of HQ parts catalogue No. M37441 issued Oct. 1973.

Side windows were definitely a factory fitted option on HQ Sandman.

Thanks Sean that is good to know. All my manuals are still locked away. One minute we were moving the next we're not and then we think we are going to soon; so everything is packed ready. I assume the part numbers are the same as I posted?

[HK1837]

Back home now and have checked my manuals..... Side windows listed as per previous post in section 11.011 (glass) and 11.015 (seals) of HQ parts catalogue No. M37441 issued Oct. 1973.

Side windows were definitely a factory fitted option on HQ Sandman.

You could certainly order them in HQ, whether or not they were fitted at the body plant (or some body plants) is the uncertain factor. Buickzz's original HQ Sandman shows A09 on the broadcast sheet as a build option, plus shows YES in box 34 (fixed side windows). However the van arrived at the dealer with the windows in the car, and they were fitted by the dealer (contracted out to a 3rd party) along with the stripes. So we know that at that time Acacia Ridge most likely were not fitting the windows. My guess is Elizabeth and Pagewood did, but more proof is needed. Note that is it fairly rare to get items listed on the broadcast sheet that are not fitted in the body or assembly plants or in some cases the finishing/touchup area(s), we know HQ and HJ Sandman stripes were one. Normally the dealer would just fit stuff you asked for like mudflaps, towbar etc.

As Sean says the glass and rubbers are in the 10/73 and 3/77 HQ cattledogs but they aren't in the HQ commercial release catalogue from 11/71.