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All Transit Connects are imported into The U.S.A. as wagons.  Then they are stripped and converted into vans.  I suppose you could source the parts, and reverse engineer the process.  Then you will hve to worry about your cargo going through the glass.

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4 hours ago, buckethead said:

I know about the chicken tax wagon conversion but I don't think the back panels ever had glass on my cargo van. Unless they replace the whole panel. Who has a wagon? Is that back window full size?

 

My wagon has a full sized window.  

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  • 7 months later...
55 minutes ago, MLB said:

But you should drive one. Wow!

I'm sure it drives fine. I have an Avensis Wagon '09 which is an excellent highway car. I drove 1400 miles non-stop to Germany last year and didn't even feel tired.

I would love to get the CH-R but it's not really a family vehicle.

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Finally getting around to showing my Lewmar port light in the rear panel.

Cutting the vertical support out with a cut off wheel was fairly straight forward. I left the layer of dynamat and laid up three layers of luan in epoxy on top of that because there's some shape in there and a thicker piece of ply would have distorted the panel. I had to build a jig to push it into shape while the glue kicked. Then I glued in a sheet of plastic for finish before I took a deep breath and cut the hole.

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