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Owners of Marks that have power rear windows know these are rather pathetic and retract only a few inches, begging the question why go through the trouble? I read somewhere that Lincoln eventually did away with power rear windows on Marks. Anybody know when this happened? Just curious.
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I have a Mark VIII that the rear side window is fixed.

The rear windows in my Mark III retract completely into the C pillar.
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Mark VI came in two and foor door design.

I think you need to clarify which generation of Mark series

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Luckily, I remember that Peter has a '72 Mark IV, so that is the series he's asking about.

Yes, Peter, it does seem a bit silly to have a back side window that can only open a few inches to be fully open, but I have a bit of a theory on that. Back then it was standard practice to have all the side windows open and close, regardless of the model. But where Lincoln was concerned, they went to the very fat C-pillars on 2-door models with the full-size '68 model, which kind of had the unanticipated side-effect of rendering movable quarter-windows an extraneous feature. But they still kept the engineering in place until I'd say possibly about '74 (owners of '74 models can verify this), stopping it for sure by '75. It could also be that more government interference with construction standards in the name of safety may have had an influence, because that change was industry-wide by '75 (save for what few convertibles were still soldiering on in that year before they disappeared).

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Recently, I acquired a '79 Mk V with fixed quarter windows, I suspect '76 was the last to open. If you drive at hiway speeds with that window open, you will find less buffeting than with it closed, at least that was the case with my '71 Galaxy. But with an air conditioned Lincoln, few people ever drive at hiway speeds with the windows open.
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Unless the air conditioner isn't working, as is the case with me :lol: ...so far. But I am building up to a remedy for that.

Actually, I am certain that the movable quarter-windows were deleted by '75; I do remember seeing a few organ donors years ago from then, and I even came across an owner's manual long ago (which I didn't think of taking) that also verified deletion of the opening mechanisms by that year. I'm not 100% certain about '74, though; that could have been the last year they moved. I do know for a fact that '73 still had movable quarters.

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Interesting, thanks boys,
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