Door panel trim problem
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Safety Car
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From: North Royalton, OH
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Door panel trim problem
So I get a new pair of door panels for my '71, and I'm stripping the deluxe trim off the old ones to swap over when I notice that the lock **** backplates aren't screwed on - they are tacked with a little washer welded onto the post. I thought they would be screwed on like the repros I've seen. Without spending $63 for a new pair of these plates from Zip, is there a way to reattach the old ones to my new panel successfully? Or am I screwed? (
) Everything else was going so well... 
) Everything else was going so well...
Last edited by BSiegPaint; Oct 1, 2005 at 07:43 PM.
Safety Car
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From: Florham Park NJ Port Credit Ontario
I carefully removed the originals from the old panels, drilled new holes for them in the new panels and used some split rings and jb weld to attach them to the panels....worked great.
Racer
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From: CORTLANDT MANOR NY
I did the same on my 70. Thank God for JB Weld. This was done 3 years ago and I recently found one of the washers with JB Weld attached on the floor. Looks like time to redo some of those welds.
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Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2002
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From: North Royalton, OH
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Worked great - thanks. JB and the washers seem to be holding really well. All I have to do now is set the panel and pop the holes for the top screws. I found that my attaching clips were both broken, so those had to be ordered new 
Anyway, looks like the panels will be installed by next weekend. 
Anyway, looks like the panels will be installed by next weekend.
