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    Quote Originally Posted by mjb View Post
    no such thing as 'factory' windows. no such tooling existed to press a 'factory' upper quarter side panel with windows.
    windows in a van have only ever been an afterthought. and an ugly one at that
    a van with windows isn't.
    that's my opinion anyway...
    Sorry champ but you are incorrect, vans came from the factory with side windows fitted. Most government fleet vans were supplied with windows.

    The windows were not pressed out, they were hand cut out prior to paint colour being applied.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Absinth View Post
    Sorry champ but you are incorrect, vans came from the factory with side windows fitted. Most government fleet vans were supplied with windows.

    The windows were not pressed out, they were hand cut out prior to paint colour being applied.
    Whether it was the dealers doing it after paint or the factory doing it pre paint for large fleet orders, I reckon it's still a 'modification' to the body. do you have part numbers for the glass and rubbers?
    Whilst on this subject do you know how they did the lower tailgates for vans in regards to the corners needing to be cut out? cutting disc and migged up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mjb View Post
    Whether it was the dealers doing it after paint or the factory doing it pre paint for large fleet orders, I reckon it's still a 'modification' to the body. do you have part numbers for the glass and rubbers?
    Whilst on this subject do you know how they did the lower tailgates for vans in regards to the corners needing to be cut out? cutting disc and migged up?
    If you read the whole thread instead of just jumping in at the end you would have seen Innuendo posted all the part numbers on page 3 for side glass and rubbers.

    A9X Torana was taken off the assembly line during assembly and sent to Pattersons down the road to have the hole in the bonnet cut out and the bonnet scoop fitted along with the guards being cut out and the flares fitted.... They then went back on the assembly line to be finished. Factory fitment? Dealer fitted? Or modification???

    The lower tailgate was cut by hand and appears to be filled with jointing compound but I haven't really looked at them closely.
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