Have you ever heard of anyone doing a power window conversion on a classic Mustang? My alarm/stereo guy was telling me that he just did a '65 Mustang conversion, so being extremely curious I asked the process (always wanting to learn).

He said they drill 2 holes in the car only, one in the passenger door and the other on the inner door frame. They use a rubber tube to hold the wires, and he showed it to me (after I asked) and it's about 6" long and maybe 1" around and the drill hole would be about the size of a standard pencil. They would also need to put in a toggle switch for each window but he said if I did it on my car, for example, it would be on my removable console so no other drilling on the car. For the Mustang he did it was slightly under the dashboard so out of sight.

I had never heard of it being done but he explained they had to drill the holes and run the wires from the door to the other frame side as there are no electrical components currently in the older Mustang doors.

 

i was looking into the kit myself. it's a little pricey just to add power windows, but if you want them, it's worth it. i couls see how they would have to drill a hole in BOTH doors, not just one. i'm ganna do the conversion, but only when i replace my doors.

 

The pony interior cars had a harness that went to the door for a light. Some cars had speakers in the door so they also had wires. I just did mine and it is a 67. Pretty simple, you change the regulator and wire up a switch. You will have a hole in the door panel where the crank used to be but they make plugs for that. I used switches that mounted to the door panel. It is a little cleaner, I think.

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Sorry, I meant one hole per door and one in each frame, not just one door. I think I was still thinking about that punkass kid from the other thread!

He quoted me $400 to do this if I wanted it done ........

I am seriously considering it for one reason, the passenger door has new scissors and regulators and handles and stuff, and I can barely crank up the window. It's a little easier to open but even my alarm guy, who is about 6'3", 225 lbs. of muscle was surprised at how hard it was to roll up. I told him I often felt like I was going to break off the handle it was so tight, and this is after having it looked at and the frames siliconed. (They tell me it's the repros but I could not find originals).

I like the fact he can put the switch right on the console (mine is a large one with 2 drink holders and fits over the shifter) and not have to drill under the dash.

 

yeah, you can buy a kit for the front window for about 240 or 270. cant remember which.

 

So he's figuring in 3-4 hours labor which seems reasonable to me.

At first I laughed but the more I think about this, I'm going for it.

 

NO NO NO. It shouldn't take that long. 2 hours tops. unless he is trying to stiff you.

 

You can't do that job righ in 2 hours, not possible. Just because you put electric windows in don't think that will solve your hard cranking problem. If it is that hard to crank the electric motor will not move it at all. It will still need to be fixed.

 

i've seen it done in two hours. the hard part is the wiring, and if you are good with it, you'll speed right there

 

i wish some one made a switch that retained the stock handles on the doors!