Frameless windows

[sujitroy]

I wish the Stag had frameless door windows like other Triumph models, I was given a door from a GT6 and is mechanism makes use of a penta-graph mechanism to keep the glass parallel. The glass I think is longer so it still have a guide to keep it parallel. I have a spare Stag door and have pondered on this idea for many years. Last night my wife's modern car's window wouldn't go up. I took the panel off. The mechanism has failed after 15 years. The mechanism is a relatively simple here is a link to one I just ordered. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . It's operated by wires. Maybe something like this could be rigged up to operate the Stag glass and keep it parallel to the frame.
I have seen photos of a frameless Stag, but the widows were down or removed. Has anyone with time explored this?
Link again:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IWRDKKU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sujit

[trunt]

TR mgb spitfire and suchlike don’t have a B post, Unless you remove B post and T bar on the Stag it would only be the top rail that is visually eliminated .. is it worth it?

[elvimto]

I have to say when I had the windows and frames out for re felt etc the car really suited it it made it a lot easier to get in and out to.

[fussydave]

it made it a lot easier to get in and out to.

Why, do you climb through the windows to get in?

Dave

[mjheathcote]

With an A pillar and B pillar, all you see is the stainless steel frame across the top.
I guess you could cut that off as the glass is still retained!!

[DJT]

This was the Michelotti design concept for the Stag, which had frameless doors and no B-post or T-bar. Whether it is a better design than the Stag we all know and love is a matter for conjecture. I'm not sure I prefer it.

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[jbuckl]

Doing this to a stag is smart; but also not smart.
Maybe a structural dash member would make it possible.
otherwise the cars stiffness is likley to be reduced

[mjheathcote]

I think the T bar makes the Stag what it is personally.

[mole42]

Maybe a structural dash member would make it possible.
otherwise the cars stiffness is likley to be reduced

Since the factory took out the two extra stiffener panels in the sill structure, there won't be any stiffness! When a few Austin/Morris Minis were converted to drophead, they had massive extra sill strengthening. The Stag achieved stiffness, and met new roll-over safety requirements, by introducing the 'B' post and the 'T' bar. I assume that the car used without a 'T' bar to transport Charles & Diana in Gibralta wobbled quite a lot.

[DMT]

I read today that when the designers were driving the initial stag, no B pillars or T bar, at certain speeds the body shook so much that they could not steer straight,

[stag8manod]

Pity the Stag didn't keep it's sliding light covers, powered roof. Also a 4 litre OHC 32 valve engine, CV axles, 4 speed auto and a 3.45 diff ex factory. But I do dream.
I recently seen a U tube video of a guy in Australia who has an Estate he has converted to Stag V8 AND 4 litre 32 valve. Didn't give to much detail.
Cheers Ian A