Vehicle window operating system

In combination with a vehicle body having an outer contour, and an opening in said vehicle contour penetrating the contour and enclosed by a peripheral edge defined at least in part by a body panel, said opening having upper and lower limits, and a window panel shaped to close said opening and having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the improvement comprising:

• an elongated guide member including a track and having a length greater than the distance between said upper limit and the lower limtis of said peripheral edge of said window opening;
• a mount for mounting said guide member to said body panel so that said guide member extends across said opening;
• a guide follower being slidably entrained on said guide member;
• a connector for securing said guide follower to said window panel on the interior surface of said window panel;
• and
• a regulator for displacing said guide follower along said guide member, and said regulator including a control member secured to said guide follower within said guide member;
• said control member being defined by a flexible elongated drive member connected to said guide follower and being received within said track for longitudinal movement of said guide follower and window panel on said guide member;
• whereby said window panel is stably supported along its path of displacement across said opening when said window panel is in a fixed position and also when said window panel is being displaced.