Door Windows Lowlight vs. later Models, Difference in contour?

[udo dreisoerner]

Hello experts. I was asked by a Lowlight Coupe driver from Austria whether a door window from 1960 can also be installed in a Lowlight. In my opinion, the contour and the mounting are different. The disks after the lowlight have two holes at the bottom, right? And the lowlight panes don't. I don't think they are so easily interchangeable. Now I don't have a lowlight disk to compare the contour with a later disk. Who of you has a lowlight windshield from the Coupe and a later version and could compare the contours? Or do you have any experience of this? Greetings, Udo

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They are different indeed. Lowlights use windows like position 3 in the diagram and later use position 4 (that apply to Coupes and Cabrios). Further - later door windows also varies in size (not shape) through the years, but in general the later the window, the smaller the size - I'm talking 3-5 millimeters.
Lowlight window lifter mechanism is also different.
But one can always use later door glass in lowlight doors as long as use later window lifter mech.
I've done that before and can confirm that works. I can add photos later.
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Nick

[udo dreisoerner]

Hello Nick. Thank you for your reply. I already thought that the newer mechanism would have to be used. Pictures would be fantastic. I am very curious. Greetings from Germany, udo
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As promised.
These are Cabrio glass but Coupe's glass function the same way.

And one photo to see the differences in a easy way:

I must say that in this case the Lowlight glass is 99% the same contour except a tiny portion in the front (the longest part of the glass). No holes in the Lowlight glass. The metal part is "crimped" on the glass.

As I previously mentioned - the later the glass, the smaller the size. And that is a good thing esspecialy if you restoring a Cabrio, because on a Cabrio you can easy "fill" the bigger "hole" for the door glass in a factory way, with some rubber bands under the seals. I can't imagine if you need to do it the opposite way.
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Lowlight vs. later door glass lifter mech

Lowlight:

Later one:

One can easy convert later mech to Lowlight spec. The one in photos above is such "converted" mechanism. We wanted to use the original glass and we had one rusty Lowlight mech. After some meauserments we found out that we can convert later mechs and we done that. Later decided against Lowlight original glass because was way to scratched and not usable in the restoration that we performed.
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Nick

[udo dreisoerner]

Fantastic, thank you very much for this informations and Pictures. Regards Udo
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1525510 and 1525519 PLEASE OFFER ME ONLY THE CARS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR, THANKS!!