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REGARDING PATRICK CURRAN’S question about manual rear windows on a 1967 Eldorado, at best I have a guess. But I did see this on another top-of-the-line vehicle: a 1990 F-350 XLT Crew Cab dually, 460 V-8, fully loaded, sans rear power windows.

My guess is that, in keeping with their pattern, Detroit’s bean counters decided that they could get away with it. The irony shouldn’t be lost on anyone that they had the nerve to do this, even on a flagship vehicle. It was a much easier pill to swallow when I saw a Studebaker Lark sold new with a driver’s-side-only sun visor.

Here’s another odd thing to contemplate: General Motors sedans and wagons manufactured between 1978-’87, with permanently sealed windows on the rear doors, and only the vent window able to open. For