Wing Windows: a very random topic Here is a thread about wing windows that I got into with people on the web.  By joining healeys@autox.team.net, I met up with some fellow Healey owners who were able to discuss a problem I had with my wing window.  A special thanks to Paul Rogers and Ray Lynch for talking this through with me. My car has replacement doors put together with parts found in part bins. It seems that I got wing windows from two different years of the same car. Back in 1978, how was I to know? Now I have a parts manual and access to zillions of hours of expertise via email. Here are pictures showing what I have, followed by copies of the parts manual showing what it should look like. Some pictures enlarge if clicked on, as referenced next to the picture. The model changed at H-BJ7 20110. (mid 1963).   My car is model H-BJ7 23892, so technically, my passenger wing window is correct and my driverside wing window is incorrect. But who's being technical?

Here is a page from my parts manual. Click on it to see it in full size. the pictures at the top and bottom show the wing window  assembly. (seen as a triangle on the long stem). To get back to the prior page (after enlarging this picture), hit the back button on your browser
Here is a page from my parts manual. Click on it to see it in full size. the paragraph at the top left explains how the wing window assembly changed in the middle of the BJ7 run. To get back to the prior page (after enlarging this picture), hit the back button on your browser

wing passenger inside An example of the later window type
wing- passenger outside Note the diagonal cut on the upper corner, to fit the diagonal part of the rubber top corner.
wing- drivers inside
wing- drivers outside No diagonal cut on the top corner An example of earlier window type
Replacement tip for  later model cars. Now I need an earlier model tip, or a new wing window assembly. How original do I need to be? that is the question.

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