Removing louvered window on a Charger - Can it be done?

[Max Wedgeroom]

Hello all, I feel a little silly asking this but I was wondering if you could just unbolt/get rid of the little louvered rear window cover on a 71 up Charger SE? Is it simple and what's behind it if you do? I want to buy one but HATE the louvered cover over the rear passenger window... I'm sure I'm not the Lone Ranger there and some intrepid MoPar guy has been there before me...
Those louvered Chargers are (comparatively) affordable to bottom feeder MoPar guys such as myself and I like them...
Max

 

[moparmarks]

71 louver???
You talking about 73-4?
71 and 72 didn't have the louvers.
On 73-4 it involves cutting out the bondo around the backside of the window so paint work is needed. The find the non-se trim.

 

[moparmarks]

Your talking about American Charger and not Australian Charger?

 

[Max Wedgeroom]

Hi, many thanks for the response. I'm talking about the later model American Charger and not the Aussie Charger. I love the shape of the later Charger but dislike the window cover and just wondered if it simply unbolted or if there was some kind of major work involved. Thanks, Max

 

[Montclaire]

There is a semi b-pillar that you will have to drill out. You will also have to source the quarter glass and regulator, they all bolt in. Door jamb will need to be trimmed for the glass to raise fully. The only real issue, aside from parts sourcing, is the drip rail which is shorter on the SEs. Not impossible but certainly harder in Aussie land.

 

[moparmarks]

Here is a 73 that I took apart.

 

[Max Wedgeroom]

Amazing! Thanks for the response...! I knew there'd be a MoPar guy somewhere that had travelled that path before myself. Many thanks, Max

 

[Montclaire]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=685fmtil18kchsvbdklr28m817&/topic,66291.0.html

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1205169/1.html

Any chance you can find a 73/74 RR/satellite down there? Windows, regs, interior trim, etc. should all fit.

 

[moparmarks]

I have all the glass and regulators to do the conversion if interested.