Ideas for a power roll-down rear window
Laughing Gas
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From: Colorado Springs CO
^whoa that's weird!
I was trying to copy & paste outta my parts catalog & it did that! Crazy!
Anyway, it looks like they did exist at one point, but they are long obsolete. I've been selling Ford parts a long time, and I've never seen one, or even heard of one for this old of a truck before.
I was trying to copy & paste outta my parts catalog & it did that! Crazy!
Anyway, it looks like they did exist at one point, but they are long obsolete. I've been selling Ford parts a long time, and I've never seen one, or even heard of one for this old of a truck before.
Fleet Owner
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From: Gilbert, PA
^whoa that's weird!
I was trying to copy & paste outta my parts catalog & it did that! Crazy!
Anyway, it looks like they did exist at one point, but they are long obsolete. I've been selling Ford parts a long time, and I've never seen one, or even heard of one for this old of a truck before.
I was trying to copy & paste outta my parts catalog & it did that! Crazy!
Anyway, it looks like they did exist at one point, but they are long obsolete. I've been selling Ford parts a long time, and I've never seen one, or even heard of one for this old of a truck before.
I would like to see where the switch is mounted.
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Ford roll down rear window
where I have the switch which controls the window to go up and down is on the opposite side where the fuel selector switch is at so basically on the right side of the dash it is very similar switch to the broncos back window ...
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You said yours is made by CR Laurence? All I see by them are power sliders, not the whole window. Looks like I'll be looking in the junk yard!
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I have seen these. they are factory and was an option back in the late 80's early 90's. before the last of the obs trucks. might have my hands on one in the next couple of weeks, as I was at the scene of a rollover that had one. the truck was a total and it seemed like the rar of the cab was untouched.
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Tuned
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From: Virginia
Ok, so I know this thread has been dead for a few years now, but I've decided to revive it with some new information in case anyone ever happens to run across it in the future.
In the years since I started this thread I've done allot of research on the original "Power Back Glass", or "BigFoot Cruiser" rear window as they are often called. The official name for them is the "POWRLITE" and they were made by C.R. Laurence. From what I can tell they weren't produced for very long. I haven't been able to nail down any actual production dates, but it seems they were introduced sometime in the mid to late '80s and ceased production in the early 1990's. And they were made for all the popular full-size and mini trucks of the day, not just Ford's.
C.R. Laurence is what's known as an OEM Certified Supplier, and they actually made the sliding rear windows for many Ford pickups. However, no production Ford pickup ever left the factory with a POWR LITE rear window installed. Ford did offer them as part of their "Genuine Ford Accessories" line-up as a dealer installed accessory. (They also offered it's cousin, the POWR SLIDR) A couple aftermarket upfitter companies also offered the POWR LITE as part of their conversion truck packages. The most popular being Scherer Truck Equipment (Bigfoot Cruiser) and Roll-Along.
Thanks to TheCheif66 posting the Ford P/N's on here, my 6 year search for one of these windows is finally over. Back in April I scored what may have very well been the last NOS POWR LITE on the planet. And while I still haven't got it installed in my project truck yet, I feel like it was the last piece of the puzzle I needed to find.
Hope this info helps to clear up some of the misconceptions out there about this unicorn of all truck accessories.
In the years since I started this thread I've done allot of research on the original "Power Back Glass", or "BigFoot Cruiser" rear window as they are often called. The official name for them is the "POWRLITE" and they were made by C.R. Laurence. From what I can tell they weren't produced for very long. I haven't been able to nail down any actual production dates, but it seems they were introduced sometime in the mid to late '80s and ceased production in the early 1990's. And they were made for all the popular full-size and mini trucks of the day, not just Ford's.
C.R. Laurence is what's known as an OEM Certified Supplier, and they actually made the sliding rear windows for many Ford pickups. However, no production Ford pickup ever left the factory with a POWR LITE rear window installed. Ford did offer them as part of their "Genuine Ford Accessories" line-up as a dealer installed accessory. (They also offered it's cousin, the POWR SLIDR) A couple aftermarket upfitter companies also offered the POWR LITE as part of their conversion truck packages. The most popular being Scherer Truck Equipment (Bigfoot Cruiser) and Roll-Along.
Thanks to TheCheif66 posting the Ford P/N's on here, my 6 year search for one of these windows is finally over. Back in April I scored what may have very well been the last NOS POWR LITE on the planet. And while I still haven't got it installed in my project truck yet, I feel like it was the last piece of the puzzle I needed to find.
Hope this info helps to clear up some of the misconceptions out there about this unicorn of all truck accessories.
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Joined: May 2009
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From: Gilbert, PA
Ok, so I know this thread has been dead for a few years now, but I've decided to revive it with some new information in case anyone ever happens to run across it in the future.
In the years since I started this thread I've done allot of research on the original "Power Back Glass", or "BigFoot Cruiser" rear window as they are often called. The official name for them is the "POWRLITE" and they were made by C.R. Laurence. From what I can tell they weren't produced for very long. I haven't been able to nail down any actual production dates, but it seems they were introduced sometime in the mid to late '80s and ceased production in the early 1990's. And they were made for all the popular full-size and mini trucks of the day, not just Ford's.
C.R. Laurence is what's known as an OEM Certified Supplier, and they actually made the sliding rear windows for many Ford pickups. However, no production Ford pickup ever left the factory with a POWR LITE rear window installed. Ford did offer them as part of their "Genuine Ford Accessories" line-up as a dealer installed accessory. (They also offered it's cousin, the POWR SLIDR) A couple aftermarket upfitter companies also offered the POWR LITE as part of their conversion truck packages. The most popular being Scherer Truck Equipment (Bigfoot Cruiser) and Roll-Along.
Thanks to TheCheif66 posting the Ford P/N's on here, my 6 year search for one of these windows is finally over. Back in April I scored what may have very well been the last NOS POWR LITE on the planet. And while I still haven't got it installed in my project truck yet, I feel like it was the last piece of the puzzle I needed to find.
Hope this info helps to clear up some of the misconceptions out there about this unicorn of all truck accessories.
In the years since I started this thread I've done allot of research on the original "Power Back Glass", or "BigFoot Cruiser" rear window as they are often called. The official name for them is the "POWRLITE" and they were made by C.R. Laurence. From what I can tell they weren't produced for very long. I haven't been able to nail down any actual production dates, but it seems they were introduced sometime in the mid to late '80s and ceased production in the early 1990's. And they were made for all the popular full-size and mini trucks of the day, not just Ford's.
C.R. Laurence is what's known as an OEM Certified Supplier, and they actually made the sliding rear windows for many Ford pickups. However, no production Ford pickup ever left the factory with a POWR LITE rear window installed. Ford did offer them as part of their "Genuine Ford Accessories" line-up as a dealer installed accessory. (They also offered it's cousin, the POWR SLIDR) A couple aftermarket upfitter companies also offered the POWR LITE as part of their conversion truck packages. The most popular being Scherer Truck Equipment (Bigfoot Cruiser) and Roll-Along.
Thanks to TheCheif66 posting the Ford P/N's on here, my 6 year search for one of these windows is finally over. Back in April I scored what may have very well been the last NOS POWR LITE on the planet. And while I still haven't got it installed in my project truck yet, I feel like it was the last piece of the puzzle I needed to find.
Hope this info helps to clear up some of the misconceptions out there about this unicorn of all truck accessories.
Thanks for all that info and I hope after you install it in the truck it will be worth all the problems it will give you
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Tuned
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From: Virginia
Can you elaborate on said "problems"?
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Tuned
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Honestly I'm not to worried about it leaking for 2 reasons.
#1 The truck it's going in is a show truck. I don't plan on driving it in the rain (unless I get caught out in a storm), so the only time it will see water is when I'm washing it.
#2 The kit includes tubes to install to drain any water out that may get past the seal.
I only know of one other person who has one, and he salvaged his from a truck in a junkyard. He has had a few issues with his, but I attribute that to the fact that is was used and he didn't snag everything for the window he needed to install it correctly.
#1 The truck it's going in is a show truck. I don't plan on driving it in the rain (unless I get caught out in a storm), so the only time it will see water is when I'm washing it.
#2 The kit includes tubes to install to drain any water out that may get past the seal.
I only know of one other person who has one, and he salvaged his from a truck in a junkyard. He has had a few issues with his, but I attribute that to the fact that is was used and he didn't snag everything for the window he needed to install it correctly.
Laughing Gas
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From: Edmond, OK
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jul 2003
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From: Edmond, OK
