Yes, my hydraulic canopy has failed in the past. Not a problem for me. One of the first things that I did was fiberglass some nuts into the edge of the windows where the original mountings were. I then used thumb screws (bolts) to hold the window hinges. When the top failed, I just used my fingers to unscrew the hinges, pop out the window glass and climb out the window opening. I now also have a removable sunroof, so I could exit from there too, but I would probably still go out the window. I will let you know if it happens again. As a side note, I made nice black vinyl covers with a velcro flap to hold the windows when they are stored behind the seats.
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letterman7
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*thumbs up* I'm amazed you could fit the windows behind the seats. That's a tight fit!
I would love to see your mounting for the windows.
In hindsight, I should have wiped off the cobwebs and maybe done a little detailing. 
There really isn't much to it. I dug out the inside of the window channel to allow a nut to be embedded. I then fiberglassed it in. I also ground down the wingnuts on the window glass so that they can be easily removed. I remove the hinges before the glass goes into the vinyl pouches. I took pictures of the thumb screw (bolt), wing nuts, pouch and a close up of the velcro.
There really isn't much to it. I dug out the inside of the window channel to allow a nut to be embedded. I then fiberglassed it in. I also ground down the wingnuts on the window glass so that they can be easily removed. I remove the hinges before the glass goes into the vinyl pouches. I took pictures of the thumb screw (bolt), wing nuts, pouch and a close up of the velcro.
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