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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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Can someone tell me if there are any differences between the 71 and 74 birdcage?

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None that I am aware of. Not really the birdcage but in '73 they started adding a beam in the door.

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Since birdcages are not something you usually see sitting around, most of us know what they look like in a general term. As such, little differences are not obvious to most.

However, since there is a door beam added in '73, I suspect that the cage was reinforced in the rear door support and the front hing area to hold the extra load from an impact.

Your best bet is to find some that have burned where the cage is visible, take lots of pictures, and compare.
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Originally Posted by js292
Can someone tell me if there are any differences between the 71 and 74 birdcage?

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I think there might be some differences, as the windshields on my '69 and my '74 are shaped differently along the bottom (cowl).

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thanks for the info, I guess worse case if I can't swap them out I'll have a bunch of metal for patch work.
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Not much, with the obvious differences between coupes and convertibles.

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