Tonka Man Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I watched a first gen video the other day and I was surprised to see power windows for all four windows. This was the first car that I have seen that option on. For those of you on this forum with more experience, what percentage of first gens do you think had power windows? Quote
jft69z Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Chevellestuff.net has some numbers of options/quantity installed. The only year they broke down the Monte separately was 1970 though. Still, they give a percentage, so a rough guess can be made I suppose. Possible more Montes than Chevelle's had the power windows, by nature of the car itself. https://chevellestuff.net/1970/options_by_model.htm 1970: 1971 1972 3 Quote
DragCat Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I never knew that p/w wasn't for all 4 windows. 3 Quote
willie Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I agree Mark, never heard of 2 being power and the others not. Come to think of it i never seen it either???? 2 Quote
Leghome Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I have seen one that only the doors were powered but the owner added those as it came without powered winders 2 Quote
DragCat Posted February 13 Posted February 13 3 hours ago, willie said: I agree Mark, never heard of 2 being power and the others not. Come to think of it i never seen it either???? 2 hours ago, 70white402 said: My 70 has all 4. 20 minutes ago, Leghome said: I have seen one that only the doors were powered but the owner added those as it came without powered winders My 70 also has all 4, but my knowledge isn't up to par with most so I try not to assume Quote
willie Posted February 13 Posted February 13 All the cars that i have that have electric windows, all have all 4 windows with switches. Don't ask me if they all work, that's a different story!!!! lol Like Larry stated if a PO installed them later i can see only the fronts being done, not the rears. 1 Quote
sbarnette Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I think it's pretty safe to assume that if the car has factory power windows, all four will be power. That's all I've ever seen. 5 Quote
MCfan Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I installed both factory power windows and factory power door locks salvaged from a '72 into my '70. It takes a bit of work but is certainly doable. One minor difference is that the '70 switch frames have rounded corners while the '71 and '72 frames have square corners. I later added keyless entry to the door locks but that did not change their manual operation. 6 Quote
Tonka Man Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 Very interesting. When I saw it, I was thinking "really unusual but why not"! Other cars have them and why wouldn't the Monte since it is a personal luxury car? It had just never crossed my mind before. I will certainly pay attention from now on when I see these Monte's to see if I can spot one of the "4 percenters"! Kudos to those owners on this forum with one. Quote
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