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| | | | Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 280 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 280 | does anyone make patch panels to close up the 2 extra windows in the five window cab? personally I like the 3 window better.
*UNDER CONSTRUCTION* 1953 Chevrolet 3100 1/2 ton-previously abandoned resto. My Project BoltI hate when people leave their brains at home. Seriously when did critical thinking and customer service go out the window? How about common sense and striving to go the extra mile? Idiots, surrounded by idiots it tell you.
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I don't think I have ever seen or heard of patch panels for the corner windows. It's just not popular. Many folks want to go the other way. I think a lot of people would trade you cabs.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 | I know a man who swapped the entire assembly from the beltline up to get a 5-window. That's one option, but you'd need to find a donor 3-window cab with a good upper section, maybe one with serious rust problems at the bottom.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | I have a nice 3 window cab I'll trade you if you want to make a trip to Colorado Springs. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,254 | If it is rust free I can come up with a 3 window here in Dallas for the swap
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 | i like the three window way better to. cleaner looking cab as far as i am concerned. you could form a patch panel out of some flat steel. find a comparable curve like a tree or something and heat it up and work it to the right shape. of course there is always an english wheel. good luck.
MO's 1951 chevy 3100 resto mod project
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 280 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 280 | I have a three window too the cab is junk but these areas are still good I may cut them out and fab them in place on the five window
*UNDER CONSTRUCTION* 1953 Chevrolet 3100 1/2 ton-previously abandoned resto. My Project BoltI hate when people leave their brains at home. Seriously when did critical thinking and customer service go out the window? How about common sense and striving to go the extra mile? Idiots, surrounded by idiots it tell you.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | The inside of that fill would make a great place for some 6x9 speakers. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Like the guys say,I think you're on your own regarding patch panels,cutting them from a junk cab is by far your best option,that way you know the contours should at least be close. This is the first time i've seen someone wanting to go from 5 to 3 windows! 
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | I know a guy who has made two cabover 2 tons into a 1/2 ton w/ short beds and added corner windows but not the other way round.
that extra visibility is just great to have
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| | | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 303 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2010 Posts: 303 | I have a 3 window cab that the bottom and firewall are in pretty bad shape but the top is in real good shape. I was going to scrap the cab. I could cut the top part off. But I don't know if it would be to big to ship UPs or not. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Thanks for that Curt, I've seen this build in the HAMB,I guess I should pay more attention! The guy's doing a real nice job on the whole truck,not just the corner glass.
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1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 | you could take the advice i just got for fillin some holes on my frame. could use some kitty hair bondo with fiberglass reinforcement then sand them smooth and paint. i wouldnt but that the advice i got. lol
MO's 1951 chevy 3100 resto mod project
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Mo, I remember a few years back I saw someone skim some old newspapers with bondo and paste them over the rear door window openings in a delivery van..........
Between all the bondo and the time sanding it,it would have probably been cheaper welding in metal!
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Well, here's another with 3 window preference.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 324 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 324 | My 2 cents. Make an endview template that matches the curve of the excisting window you want to cover,this can be used as a curvature gauge.
Take the gauge to a sheet metal shop and have them run new sheet metal through their rollers until the curve matches the gauge. They should be able to make make 2 pieces slightly larger than the window. For the inside shell it should be the same curve. So if you had 4 of them, you'd have 4 nice patches to do the job. Hope this helps. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 | ive also seen people take and screw galvanized sheet metal over window openings they didnt want. lol
MO's 1951 chevy 3100 resto mod project
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | ive also seen people take and screw galvanized sheet metal over window openings they didnt want. lol Would that have been on a double-wide?
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 | no actually on a window van.
MO's 1951 chevy 3100 resto mod project
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 | One more for the 3 window cab. It's a much cleaner look. Corner windows are useless, unless you can spin your head completely around. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Yeah, and it gets harder as we grow older.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | I like both cabs. 5 windows are nice for driving, but 3 windows are cool. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | If you like old trucks (we all do) the 3 window looks older. I am feeling more like 3 window every day. 
~Jim
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