Power vent installation on my 65 Wildcat.

[Philippe Racicot]

I just installed power vents to replace the broken manual ones on my 65 Wildcat.

They work great!

I first bought motors on eBay that didn't work for 53$, then I repaired them and had the gears repaired. Then I bought a regular power window switch from a 65 Electra (they used the same for the power vents) and a new 1963-67 Corvette power window switch as it had the same part number as the power vent switch for the '65 Wildcat with the 480 trim code. I used some wiring from a 67 Riviera and from a 76 Electra.

Then I had to cut the chrome bezels to install the switches.

Tomorrow, I'll send the door panels to the upholstery shop to have the crank holes filled and the cloth insert replaced.

This is how it used to be...

With the power windows I added two years ago.

And now with power vents.

I had to remove frames from this small animated gif to host it, the window operates better in reality than it does on this picture!

My GM dealer's parts book helped me finding the correct switches with the part numbers.

[Guest my3buicks]

Kids and their toys!!!

Great option ! ! !

[Philippe Racicot]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Kids and their toys!!!

Great option ! ! ! </div></div>

I felt like a kid playing with his new toy when I finished to install them!

[Guest my3buicks]

know the feeling well!!!! And of course you have to run and get anyone or everyone that you can con into coming into the garage to watch also.

[Philippe Racicot]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">know the feeling well!!!! And of course you have to run and get anyone or everyone that you can con into coming into the garage to watch also. </div></div>

How did you know?! That's probably why I posted it here!

[Guest imported_Thriller]

Congrats Philippe...good to see you were able to persevere and make it happen. Looks nice and functional too...just they way a Buick should be

[Philippe Racicot]

Hi Derek,

Does your Wildcat have this option? I have seen some documentation that showed that 66 Wildcats made in Canada that came with power windows had to have power vents too. And that was probably true for the 65 models too.

[BamaWildcat]

Neat addition!

[Philippe Racicot]

Today, I had the upper section of the door panel redone and the vent window crank holes filled.

[Guest imported_Thriller]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Does your Wildcat have this option? </div></div>

Sadly, no...mine has manual windows.

Door panels look good.