Ever heard of "smokers windows"?

I learned something the other day.
A friend of mine was checking my 47 tudor out and says, "Does it have smoker's windows in the back?" I look at him like he just tried to explain relativity when he reaches in the back, and rolls the rear window all the way up. Then he turns the window crank another 1/4 turn, and the window slides back about an inch!
I was dumbfounded! Larry was telling me that most of the Super Deluxe sedans came with them.
Anyone ever heard of such a thing?

 

Not me. Interesting.

 

My '37 Terraplane has them. When you crank down the windows they move backwards about 2 inches then go down into the door. Old advertisements show pictures of them. It is a large 4 door sedan and the rear quarter windows roll back about 4 inches when the crank is turned.

 

A friends Dodge has then in the front (2 door), thought that was pretty cool


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my old `35 ford tudor had them........on my `36 3-window the windows go back first about inch and a half and then down

 

never knew that

 

my 40 and my 48 had them...my daddy showed me that in 1978.....when I got the 48 Ford...

 

34 Ford front doors have them.

 

My 1939 Ford coupe has them on the front door windows and my old 1939 Ford four doors did to on fronts.
Never tried the rear windows. My 1941 Ford 2-door rear side windows no longer roll down. Someone removed the cranks and covered the shafts.
Sure didn't know that before! My new lesson for the day.

 

Learn something new everyday

 

They stopped making them when they realized kids in the back seat could get their fingers caught in the opening when trying to push their cigarette butts out.

 

My 37 Ford Tudor had them both front and rear.

 

My 46 Chevy has those.
But they only slide back about two or three inches, they don't roll down afterwards. Its a coupe.

Really cool feature I think.

 

A friend has them on his 48 sedan. Pretty neat option.

 

my '34 has them....

 

I know every year is probably diff. but does anyone have a window regulator out for a photo shoot, just for comparison?

 

My 48 Ford sedan has them and I believe my wifes grandfathers 34 Ford had them also.

 

When I was a kid my Uncle had a Plymouth with a pee hole in the back floor.

 

My 39 has them front and back

 

My 40 has them---this is the first time I've known of them and this one is my 4th sedan---2 were fourdoors and I don't know if they had them in the back doors or not.

 

I've got them on my 48. When I heard about them right here on the HAMB I ran out to the car to check it out. Pretty cool setup.

J. Clear

 

My old '35 Plymouth coupe had them.

 

That's a new one for me-be interesting to see how that works

 

I also had a '37 Terraplane Model 71 Brougham (2-door) that had this style of window. Very interesting design. It did not have vent windows, so this was the "vent"; but I'd never heard the term "smoker's windows" before. It was my first pre-war car, so I had never encountered them prior to my '37.

 

'34 was the first year for Fords to be built with this feature. DD

 

A tidbit of knowledge right out of left field.
I love this place!

 

I've seen those and just thought the window was broken.

 

My 1936 Hupmobiles have them. I read somewhere that Henry Ford was too cheap - what a surprise - to pay the license fee for the patented smoker's window and waited until the patent expired before incorporating them in 1934. I understand that this is why the 1934 windows have the small sail panel at the rear of the window opening, while the 1933s do not....