Fast back window for C3?
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Fast back window for C3?
Years ago when I got my '73 Coupe new, some vendor was offering a fast back window kit for early (pre-78) C3s. It was a window curved slightly downward to fit between the "wings" that surround and extend back from the rear window. It was not rounded Installing it not only gave the car a smooth fast back look, it added storage space because the rear deck lid in the area between the "wings" would be removed to install the window.
Does anyone know if someone still makes it, or if someone has one that they would like to sell, please let me know.
Here's a link to an article on a Baldwin Motion Performance car with a similar mod.
http://www.corvettereport.com/the-la...i-gt-corvette/
Does anyone know if someone still makes it, or if someone has one that they would like to sell, please let me know.
Here's a link to an article on a Baldwin Motion Performance car with a similar mod.
http://www.corvettereport.com/the-la...i-gt-corvette/
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I believe Eckler's conversion used either the hatch or the glass from a Chevy Monza hatchback (1975-?).
Here is the hatchback conversion, featured on the cover of Eckler's 1981 catalog (I don't have the catalog -- this is from the March/April 1981 issue of Corvette Fever):
Last edited by Bob Heine; Feb 26, 2011 at 10:16 PM.
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[QUOTE=Bob Heine;1576907076]Here are the various versions of the kit that Eckler's offered:
Thanks. The kit I remember was not this lifting hatchback kit. It was simply a window insert that matched the existing flow of the wingbacks and eliminated the fiberglass over the storage compartment. Unlike the Eckler's kit, it maintained the original lines of the early C3 roof.
Thanks. The kit I remember was not this lifting hatchback kit. It was simply a window insert that matched the existing flow of the wingbacks and eliminated the fiberglass over the storage compartment. Unlike the Eckler's kit, it maintained the original lines of the early C3 roof.
