[DeTomaso] Fwd: Vader window system?
Mike Drew
mikeldrew at aol.com
Wed Jul 28 00:42:30 EDT 2021
All,
>
> Apparently this failed to go through first time?
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Mike Drew <mikeldrew at aol.com>
>> Date: July 27, 2021 at 16:43:24 PDT
>> To: John Donahue <demongusta at gmail.com>
>> Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Vader window system?
>>
>> John,
>>
>> It’s a super-sexy, super-elegant engineering solution to what I consider to be a non-problem, that being that the windows don’t go up and down fast enough. It replaces the entire gear-and-arm mechanism with an exquisitely engineered cable-based system.
>>
>> I’ve never seen the problem with the stock system when it works as designed (using proper brass replacements for the crappy plastic gears that can crack and fail). I have never once suffered because they wouldn’t go up or down fast enough. But some people feel the need to have a glass guillotine in the door, that sends the glass up ZOOM that fast. For them, the Vader system was invented (Ted Mitchell the inventor was obsessed with Darth Vader, and his black GT5 license plate was VADER).
>>
>> It’s a brilliantly conceived and executed system, which is unfortunately expensive ($750 last I checked, for both sides).
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Jul 27, 2021, at 13:30, John Donahue <demongusta at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> For those of us that don’t know, what is the Vadar window system?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jack
>>> #4346
>>>
>>>>> On Jul 27, 2021, at 12:17 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Great thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 27, 2021, at 12:14, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> Rick posted on the PI Forum last year that he is still manufacturing
>>>> the Vader window units and selling at $750 a pair.
>>>>
>>>> Email; mrhatfield06 at hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Cell (918) 346-8786
>>>>
>>>> Julian
>>>> __________________________________________________________________
>>>>
>>>> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>>>> Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 12:08 PM
>>>> To: De Tomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Vader window system?
>>>>
>>>> Guys,
>>>> The late Ted Mitchell sold what was arguably the best aftermarket
>>>> window solution, the Vader window lifts. With his passing, has that
>>>> product left the market entirely? Or is Rick keeping them going? I've
>>>> searched the web and can't find anything, nor can I find contact info
>>>> for Rick? A friend is looking for a set....
>>>> Mike
>>>> Sent from my iPad
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All,
Apparently this failed to go through first time?
Mike
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: Mike Drew <mikeldrew at aol.com>
Date: July 27, 2021 at 16:43:24 PDT
To: John Donahue <demongusta at gmail.com>
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Vader window system?
John,
It's a super-sexy, super-elegant engineering solution to what I
consider to be a non-problem, that being that the windows don't go up
and down fast enough. It replaces the entire gear-and-arm mechanism
with an exquisitely engineered cable-based system.
I've never seen the problem with the stock system when it works as
designed (using proper brass replacements for the crappy plastic gears
that can crack and fail). I have never once suffered because they
wouldn't go up or down fast enough. But some people feel the need to
have a glass guillotine in the door, that sends the glass up ZOOM that
fast. For them, the Vader system was invented (Ted Mitchell the
inventor was obsessed with Darth Vader, and his black GT5 license plate
was VADER).
It's a brilliantly conceived and executed system, which is
unfortunately expensive ($750 last I checked, for both sides).
Mike
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 27, 2021, at 13:30, John Donahue <demongusta at gmail.com>
wrote:
For those of us that don't know, what is the Vadar window system?
Thanks,
Jack
#4346
On Jul 27, 2021, at 12:17 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
Great thanks!
Mike
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 27, 2021, at 12:14, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
wrote:
Mike,
Rick posted on the PI Forum last year that he is still manufacturing
the Vader window units and selling at $750 a pair.
Email; mrhatfield06 at hotmail.com
Cell (918) 346-8786
Julian
__________________________________________________________________
From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf
of
Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 12:08 PM
To: De Tomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Subject: [DeTomaso] Vader window system?
Guys,
The late Ted Mitchell sold what was arguably the best aftermarket
window solution, the Vader window lifts. With his passing, has that
product left the market entirely? Or is Rick keeping them going?
I've
searched the web and can't find anything, nor can I find contact
info
for Rick? A friend is looking for a set....
Mike
Sent from my iPad
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