Re: 57 power windows

Posted by 58L8134 On 2012/11/19 8:10:41

Hi HH56

I've noted the power window option on every '57 Clipper I've run across for the last 25 years, it's pretty rarely equipage. I parted out one with power windows twenty years ago, sold the set up to another fellow for his car then.

As to the price of the optional power windows, in the SDC Turning Wheels August 1993 article by Fred Fox detailing the 1957 Sedan and Wagon models, the options list gives the following:

"Power windows, 2dr: $54.00"
"Power windows, 4dr: $102.00"

Now, one would think maybe the power windows for two doors applied only to that body, not so. Shortly after reading the article, I ran across a '57 Clipper Town Sedan with power windows on the front doors only! The rear door windows were still crank operated. I thought this was an anomaly, knowing that S-P was desperate for any sale it could get, would build whatever was ordered. However, the more I noted the power window equipped '56-'58 Studebaker and '57-'58 Packard sedans, the more frequent that powered front/manual crank rear showed up. While all four powered windows is the most common of a rare option that powered/manual is out there too!

Steve