School Bus windows

[MRW]

Has anyone ever tried the drop down school bus windows in a tear's door?
We had one of our old buses have an accident with a concrete culvert side and it is totaled out so we can salvage some windows they are about 26" square with the upper half droping down they could have a external screen put over them when the window is open to keep out bugs just wondering if they would be to heavy on a door. Any ideas on this one!

[Miriam C.]

Don't know about the bus window dropping down but my door window is quite heavy and it works fine. Just get hinges to suit the weight.

[doug hodder]

You could put them into the tear without much trouble....just remember "Keep your arms and hands INSIDE the windows!!!" Doug

[Jiminsav]

send me 2 and i'll try it out for you..

[Miriam C.]

send me 2 and i'll try it out for you..

Yeah, I could probably test a couple too. Just out of the goodness of my heart.

[Jiminsav]

tsk tsk tsk Miriam...I begged first..

[Miriam C.]

tsk tsk tsk Miriam...I begged first..

Hey! I'm just tryin to be as charitable as you.

[Laredo]

if your door structure is at least 1/2'' thick it ought to be a snap to use bus windows.
Thanks for the great idea, btw.

[MRW]

Well as soon as I get a chance I am going out to our bus barn and get a couple and see about what it will take to fit them in a door I'll try to get some pics on this. We are building my trailer in class as a shop project for a a few of my kids that need something to do, so far so good I think we have the sidewalls up headliner in and started on the roof, last spring we welded up the frame and have the axle springs mounted. About the next BIG step will be to take the chevy pu spindles we cleaned up and face on the lathe and weld them on some 2" square tube for a axle. About 90% of this trailer is being built from scrap and leftovers. The entire frame tubeng came from a old weight machine and some of the ply wood is from old cabinets that came out of classrooms that were going to be thrown away, I hope when it is all finished and nail hole and dings are filled in it will look ok so far my out of pocket expenses have only been about $150.00 but we are a long way from done!

[planovet]

Well MRW, I thought I would get to you before Miriam does:

[Miriam C.]

Well MRW, I thought I would get to you before Miram does:

I must be getting slow! Please do send us pictures. Teaching kids to build a TD is great. Teaching them to do it without a lot of money is fantastic!