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| | | Cannonball Run Ambulance / Vent Window DYI Info | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 58 journeyman | OP journeyman Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 58 | This may not seem like much but if you have squealy vent windows, you'll think we are awesome! From 1971 to 1978 the Dodge Full Size Van looks the same but 78 is the "bastard" year. They changed a ton of crap for one year only before they changed the whole doghouse in 79. The Cannonball Run Ambulance is a 1978 Sportsman so we deal with the craziness all the time! Basically, from the back of the front doors, all the way back, it's the same van from 71 to 03. In the late 90's Dodge finally made the vent window solid (unable to open). The downfall, they eliminated the chrome divider between the vent and the window. We had a hunch that you could drill out the mechanisms that make the vent work, open up the solid vent, use it with the solid gasket and finally remove the squealy vent window. Well, I might be the only van owner on Earth that has done this BUT IT WORKED! I have the only, 1978 Dodge Van on Earth with solid, chrome, vent windows..... Now, at speed, Jim and I don't have to listen to them squeal! Please excuse the fingerprints, I was a tad excited and took a photo before I cleaned them. Have fun, it can be done! Travis | | | Re: Cannonball Run Ambulance / Vent Window DYI Info | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 |
Windows- they're what make a van worth owning! | | | Re: Cannonball Run Ambulance / Vent Window DYI Info | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 9,854 Likes: 8 Festerus Vannimus | Festerus Vannimus Joined: May 2007 Posts: 9,854 Likes: 8 | okay, let me get this straight in my feeble head. . . .your wing no longer opens or squeals ? NICE ! What years had this option ? I would like to do this to my 1992 Dodge B-250.
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| | | Re: Cannonball Run Ambulance / Vent Window DYI Info | Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,475 old hand | old hand Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,475 | I love my vent windows! They only squeal when they are closed and I am travelling at highway speeds. If it's too cold or wet to open them, I just stick a quarter between the latch and the chrome strip to seal them up a little tighter and voila! No more squeal!
Matt K. Flyin' Dutchmen Vans, Lancaster PA 1989 GMC Safari Cargo | | | Re: Cannonball Run Ambulance / Vent Window DYI Info | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 58 journeyman | OP journeyman Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 58 | Howdy, For my application, speed, I couldn't stand listening to the windows squeal, the police scanner, my co-driver, the cb and everything else. The bottom photo is a 1997 Ram Van, with solid vent windows (non-chrome). Travis | | | Re: Cannonball Run Ambulance / Vent Window DYI Info | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,536 Likes: 136 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 18,536 Likes: 136 | I love my vent windows! They only squeal when they are closed and I am travelling at highway speeds. If it's too cold or wet to open them, I just stick a quarter between the latch and the chrome strip to seal them up a little tighter and voila! No more squeal! I got pennys in mine. Arianrhod:2003 Chevy Astro Black Magic: 1985 Dodge B-250 Serenity:1985 Chevy G-20 The Outcast:1983 Ford club wagon Luna 1974 VW bay window transporter Freedom:1990 Ford E-150(parts van) Outcast Vanners van club Support your local 2% | | | Re: Cannonball Run Ambulance / Vent Window DYI Info | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 | Nice. I never use my wing windows and I get tired of hearing the air and a little water splashes in when I wash it. Might have to try this myself. I think the wing windows are a bitch to put in.
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| | | Re: Cannonball Run Ambulance / Vent Window DYI Info | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 |
Windows- they're what make a van worth owning! | | | Re: Cannonball Run Ambulance / Vent Window DYI Info | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 | First thing I thought of when I read this thread was your thread on tightening it up Reed. | | |
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