Using a 72 passenger door on a 73?
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Melting Slicks
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Using a 72 passenger door on a 73?
I'll soon have my 73 painted. Body is pretty good but, one of my passenger doors on has a significant crack in it. It could be repaired, but I have a line on a door (shell) from a 72 that's in great shape.
Two questions:
1) Is this a direct fit? I know 73's added support in the door for side impact safety, but does that change anything?
2) Ive got pwr windows. Are doors with pwr windows different from doors that use a window crank?
Thanks in advance,
Wes
Two questions:
1) Is this a direct fit? I know 73's added support in the door for side impact safety, but does that change anything?
2) Ive got pwr windows. Are doors with pwr windows different from doors that use a window crank?
Thanks in advance,
Wes
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According to my parts interchange manual, the 73-75 doors are the same. It goes on to stated that the 76-77 doors will work but are not identical.
Edit - read a bit further. States for '72 that the 69-72 doors are the same and that the 73-77 will work but they have the side impact beams.
So sounds as if the 72 door will work but you will be giving up the side impact beams. Sounds as if the door skin should interchange.
Edit - read a bit further. States for '72 that the 69-72 doors are the same and that the 73-77 will work but they have the side impact beams.
So sounds as if the 72 door will work but you will be giving up the side impact beams. Sounds as if the door skin should interchange.
Last edited by Tom73; Apr 11, 2006 at 12:48 AM.
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Originally Posted by 73, Dark Blue 454
2) Ive got pwr windows. Are doors with pwr windows different from doors that use a window crank?
Thanks in advance,
Wes
Thanks in advance,
Wes
I'm pretty sure that even 80-82 doors will "Fit". Why ? I discovered that
my doors from the 75 were 80-82 - due to the lock cylinders being different.
I always wondered why the window crank had 2 holes ... Hmmm.
Good thing I'm converting to power windows.
