[tcb] Re: Sigla sliding windows
- From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:43:41 -0600
Ronnie is THE MAN when it comes to split bus parts.
On Jan 24, 2011, at 7:10 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here you go James. Call Ronnie.
>
> http://www.bustoration.com/Felt-Channel-Bottom-Only-PAIR-for-Sigla-glass_p_1200.html
> --- On Mon, 1/24/11, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> :
>
> From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Sigla sliding windows
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 7:02 PM
>
> James: Do some looking on the Samba. There is a thread on there somewhere.
> The latches do not go through the window. They are attached to the metal
> frame on the bottom that the window fits in and the entire metal channel and
> the window slide back and forth. The channel that they slide in is supposed
> to be special for the Sigla glass. I have never looked real close at one to
> see the actual difference but I have had some of the sliders with latches
> attached before in my parts stash, which I sold to Terry Richburg. I know he
> has some of the windows. Maybe he has one assembled that you could look at;
> or a research on the Samba or a call to the tech guys at Wolfsburg West could
> answer your question.
>
> Bottom line: It sounds like you have the wrong bottom felt for the Sigla
> glass. It is different than the regular non-sigla felt channels.
>
> --- On Mon, 1/24/11, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Sigla sliding windows
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 6:20 PM
>
> So I have this 1959 Bus and the sliding windows are Sigla but they have a
> metal channel on the bottom and no holes for the window latches. The latches
> evidently attach to a horizontal lip.
> The windows don't move because they were installed with the felt channel on
> the bottom and the windows my guess is that only the glass without the metal
> channel needs the felt and mine do not and the metal slides over the metal
> channel.
>
> I am wondering if these windows were original to this Bus and where I can
> find latches for it anyway. The only ones I have seen go through the glass. I
> thought all Sigla sliders were like that. What gives?
>
> James
>
>
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