# What do you call quarterlight windows? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073 "2018-10-16T23:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/1 "2018-10-16T23:43:59Z")
[Quarterlight](http://rcurtisit.dreamhosters.com/code/styled-8/rapidcart-37/files/40_DSC01243.jpg). I can’t remember the last time I saw a new car with these handy little windows. I was out in the MGB today, and I opened them. As a child, my parents called these ‘wind-wings’; so that’s what I call them. What do you call them? ETA: [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind-wing) defines ‘wind-wing’ as ‘a small panel in an automobile window that can be turned outward for ventilation’. . ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/2 "2018-10-16T23:53:12Z")
I just called them vent windows. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/3 "2018-10-16T23:53:39Z")
vent windows. my '84 F-250 was the last vehicle I owned with them. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/4 "2018-10-16T23:56:27Z")
Vent windows, or maybe wing windows. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/5 "2018-10-16T23:59:52Z")
I’m familiar with them but I have no special term for them. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/6 "2018-10-17T00:00:15Z")
Vent, me too. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/7 "2018-10-17T00:35:12Z")
Vent windows for $800, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/8 "2018-10-17T03:19:52Z")
Always known as a vent window. Wind wings are these things you add on: > **[MGTC MGTD MGTF Original AMCO Wind Wings RARE - Sports & Classics](https://www.sportsandclassics.com/parts/mg-series/mgtc/mgtc-mgtd-mgtf-original-amco-wind-wings/)** > > MGTC MGTD MGTF Original AMCO Wind Wings  Rare Wind Wings MG MGTC MGTD MGTF 1250 & 1500  New Old Stock Original Wind Wings offered by BMC  dealers during the 1950’s and 1960’s. These wind wings were installed as wind deflectors on... ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/9 "2018-10-17T03:21:21Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Always known as a vent window. Wind wings are these things you add on: > > [MGTC MGTD MGTF Original AMCO Wind Wings RARE - Sports & Classics](https://www.sportsandclassics.com/parts/mg-series/mgtc/mgtc-mgtd-mgtf-original-amco-wind-wings/) See also the definition linked in the OP. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/10 "2018-10-17T12:07:17Z")
Those dumb angled windows that are impossible to clean with a squeegee at the gas station. Or vent windows. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/11 "2018-10-17T12:11:05Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Vent windows for $800, Alex. That’s not a category, Mr. Connery. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/12 "2018-10-17T14:02:48Z")
My parents called them “no-drafts”. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/13 "2018-10-17T14:15:12Z")
Cigarette windows!! I didn’t even have smokers in my family and that’s what we called them. I wish cars still had them. I love having my windows open but it’s usually too noisy and windy and the vents we have now just aren’t the same. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/14 "2018-10-17T14:25:48Z")
We called them wing vents in Baltimore in the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/15 "2018-10-17T14:35:20Z")
Wind wings. (I miss them.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/16 "2018-10-17T14:45:29Z")
I remember the windows, but don’t remember them being called anything at all. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/17 "2018-10-17T15:02:36Z")
Never heard any other term than wing window. A vent was the thing down by your feet you opened and closed with a push/pull lever on the bottom of the dash. Haven’t had a car with either since I owned a Ford Fairmont back in the 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/18 "2018-10-17T15:27:48Z")
Car guy here. I’ve lived in several regions. Car people always call them wing windows.😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/19 "2018-10-17T15:47:53Z")
Those were cigarette windows, because they sucked out the smoke and ashes really well. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073/20 "2018-10-17T21:33:51Z")
My dad called them wing windows, but I used to call them vent windows. I haven’t had a car with “vent” windows for lo these many years… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-quarterlight-windows/823073.md?page=2)