Growing up in my family the wing vents were where the Pall Mall smoke exited the car year round. Back in 1990, I parked my '63 Falcon at the van stop (where we all climbed into a company provided van for the ride to the old nuke plant) along with my work associates' Buick Grand National, and two '89 Chevy PUs. We came home the next morning and all the cars were stolen except my Falcon. It had its wing vent popped out and peeled down like a banana peel so they could reach in, open the door, and steal the spare change from my ashtray. It was difficult to find someone who wanted to part with a good wing vent.
I say bring back floor vents and wing vents. Bob R On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:31 AM, R A Bennell <[email protected]> wrote: > Some low life broke into my 68 Chevy pickup through the vent windows by > using something like an ice pick to reach in and turn the latching handle. > You could see the little pick marks in the chrome. He then stole the gas > pedal. Wierd as I got a new one from the dealer for about $14. Some of the > fancier vehicles had either crank out vent windows or push button lock type > things on the vent handles as I recall from my youth but my truck did not. > > As to floor vents, I can recall my mother being horrified when my father > opened them and the accumulated debris on the floor was then blown up onto > her. > > Randy > > On 28/10/2010 9:15 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: > >> Early 115 models might have had vent windows but my 76 does not. >>> >> >> Wing windows is one of the things I really like about the >> Frankenheap, an early 115. They did dump them somewhere >> in production. Didn't think any 123's ever got wings. >> Too bad, really. My Falcon and my Chevy pickup both have >> no AC, wing windows, and floor vents. Takes a pretty hot >> day to do you in with good venting like that, and a road >> that'll let you drive at speed. The 115 isn't bad, but >> it has no floor vents. Those are the real cooling weapon. >> >> The one sheared part I've seen was the pot-metal flange >> that holds the steel frame for the window glass. Had it >> also been steel, no security problem at all. >> >> -- Jim >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
