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Were the early/commercial versions ever sold with the manual windows in the UK? The interior obviously looks as if its designed for that contingency...the door cards have that cosmetic dip where the crank would exist and I believe I've seen one photograph somewhere online that features roll up windows. Did Camel Trophy trucks have roll ups? Was just thinking that may be a utilitarian "upgrade" by shipping parts over from a stripper in England. Then pulling out unnecessary associated pieces/parts.
Don't know, if this were true though, getting a hold of second hand mechanisms that would replace the motors would likely be pretty difficult. Doesn't seem worth it, at least in regards to the only benefit I can think of, of not having motors fail.
I have no idea why anyone would ever want to do this.
The windows in the D1 are not complicated. The motor rarely burns out. Usually the regulator wheels break, but they can be replaced with rollers from the hardware store for ~ $5.00.
The other issue is the rear window ECU, but again it can be bypassed for about $5.00 worth of wire and clips.
Ok, the camel trophy trucks DID have roll up windows. As to why, I'm a fan of mechanical simplicity and utility. It is a bit of a toss up as windows have arguably more utility being electric,
and there are other, more failure prone electronics on a Disco. Image stolen from this and expedition portals boards.
The windows are the least of my worries. My wife and I had a cold snack snd bonded over replacing the broken rollers and bent guides one afternoon. It's the sunroof that is the thorn in my side. But I would agree, having manual windows would be much better.
Convert to Roll-up manual windows?
