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I did this about a dozen years ago on the black Grande Parisienne that Tom has in Edmonton now. It was time to do it again on my yellow car. Kept putting it off because it's a bit scary cutting into a perfectly good door panel but sooner or later it had to happen. Today seemed like a good day to do it. This car is a factory power window car so I just had to alter the vent window control opening to accommodate a switch rather than a crank and then cut a brand new hole for a power lock switch.

Measure, measure, measure and then measure some more. Finally the blade comes out and there's no point in measuring any more times!

It all worked out in the end. The hard side is done, next up, passenger side.

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Clean!

Can you take a shot showing how they clip into the panel?



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Sure, I should be back in the garage later this afternoon and I can do it then.

 



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Wow! And to think I had my greasy, pudgy elbow on what is now the best equipped door panel in Canada!   



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ken from northern Alberta

38 Willys pickup electric

39 Buick (327 with 700 r4)

66 Beaumont 4 door hardtop

69 Chevy CST pickup

1976 GMC 23'  motorhome

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This is the back of the master switch. The outer ring is what you are seeing. It get installed first. The tabs are straight when you install it, then you bend them over to hold it in place. There's a ring that clips onto the switch and it has a couple of spring steel clips that snap into the ring that is attached to the panel. I'll see if I can find a picture of one of those because I don't have on loose to show you.

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Here's the power vent switch I bought. (Ebay picture)

The pad protector is the ring that goes into the panel and is secured by bending the tabs. The retainer holds onto the switch as well as the pad protector when it's snapped into place.

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66 Grande guy wrote:

Wow! And to think I had my greasy, pudgy elbow on what is now the best equipped door panel in Canada!   

 Still missing a remote mirror but I keep looking. I'll find one yet.



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Oh, really?.....



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66 Beaumont 4 door hardtop

69 Chevy CST pickup

1976 GMC 23'  motorhome

1994 Impala SS 

1968 Citroen Fourgonnette (Yeah Carl!)
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66 Grande guy wrote:

Oh, really?.....

 Oh, do you have one that could go in the box with the vacuum trunk actuators?



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i know I have one with no mirror glass. I think its other wise complete but I'll have to check.



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38 Willys pickup electric

39 Buick (327 with 700 r4)

66 Beaumont 4 door hardtop

69 Chevy CST pickup

1976 GMC 23'  motorhome

1994 Impala SS 

1968 Citroen Fourgonnette (Yeah Carl!)
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I see in the parts book it's the same for 65-66-67 so if you have any of those it should work. Thanks. I hope you can help me cut one more hole in my door panel...

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Its actually on one of the 67 GPs so should be correct. 



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38 Willys pickup electric

39 Buick (327 with 700 r4)

66 Beaumont 4 door hardtop

69 Chevy CST pickup

1976 GMC 23'  motorhome

1994 Impala SS 

1968 Citroen Fourgonnette (Yeah Carl!)
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I'll have to look into what's involved in replacing a glass on one of those. I'll see if I have a parts picture.

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Let me know if that one would work. i would hope the glass on a regular round mirror would be the same. 



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38 Willys pickup electric

39 Buick (327 with 700 r4)

66 Beaumont 4 door hardtop

69 Chevy CST pickup

1976 GMC 23'  motorhome

1994 Impala SS 

1968 Citroen Fourgonnette (Yeah Carl!)
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More stuff to do lately that I've had hours for and the car has been neglected. This afternoon I said shove it, everything else can be on hold at least for a few hours while I work on my car. 

Installed the driver's door panel (yes I know the door weatherstrip is broken, an NOS weatherstrip is on it's way to me in the mail!) and also mounted the switches in the passenger panel.

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1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
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That turned out really nice Carl. Now will you still be able to focus on traffic as you roll down the road pushing buttons?



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cdnpont wrote:

That turned out really nice Carl. Now will you still be able to focus on traffic as you roll down the road pushing buttons?

 Haha, distracted driving ticket?



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