i just bought another 79' bronco for parts and this one has the sliders and a smokers window in the cap. i want to swap these windows into the better cap but don't know how? any help would be greatly appreciated.
just joined this site yesterday and already have found soooo many helpfull tutorials on bronco's it's not even funny. thanks muchly to all who help!
Foul Al
Fred's right. The 78/79's used a funky beadlock system to lock the side glass. I would either follow his suggestio and let a glass shop deal with it or just swap tops & be done with it.
Having said that , guard that glass with your life. Those side sliders are freaking *impossible* to find anymore. Let me say that again for emphasis, you CANNOT find the side-sliders *anywhere*, even if you offfer your wife as part of the deal. They are simply not to be found anymore. You have significantly rare $hit and I would take great pains to safeguard it. If anything happens to either one of those side-sliders you WILL NOT find a replacement. The additional airflow that those sliders can provide is unbelieveble. Unfortunately the glass *won't* fit the 80-92 caps otherwise I'd be telling you they're wastefull $hit and offering to take them off your hands for a pittance.
I've been fortunate enough to have a couple 78/79's with that glass and don't underestimate how rare it is these days. If you *don't* know what you're doing then pls let a good shop deal w/it. Yrs down the road you'll be SO much happier that you did. Side sliders are hard to come-by these days and I have YET to find a source for replacements.
If you want/need I can scan & post the info from the 78/79 factory manuals but I'm not sure what that will tell you. Take very good care of them and let professionals deal with it.
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