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Old 10-20-2003, 03:44 AM   #2
'68OrangeSunshine
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Nothing's impossible, but it would be a lot of work. The 1st Gen Blazers have a taper in the side window - going from smaller at the back to taller at the front. The 2nd gens don't. They're more rectangular. Also they made a lot more of them ['73-'87] so there's a bigger market for an accessory manufacturor to get interested in.
Someone custom making a slider frame would have to narrow the window frame at the front and use a sheetmetal fillet to counter the taper. Then figure out the custom glass, vent window and locks. And then do it in mirror image for the other side.
I'm not so sure about structural integrity of the '69/'72 top, especially double wall [which I have] if you wanted to cut it out big enough to fit a 2nd gen type slider window from off the shelf.
Don't get me wrong, it would be way cool; I just don't see how it's worth the hassle. But I'm not a window guy.
My 2 cents.
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