I ground out the rivet and the door came off. I'll be sure to try to
match up my current doors onto the 63 (I'm trading him) before driving off
with a stupid grin on my face.
-Thanks to all that responded!
-Kenyon
--- Jeff Ingraham <jeff_ingraham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Kenyon,
> We had a heck of a time with the doors on my 57 and my brothers 58
> and
> swapping with the doors off the 59 burned up parts car. Anyway we found
> the
> rear doors off a 59 4dr LOOK identical to the 57 or 58 (all 4dr HT FYI)
> but
> they have a different internal contour and WILL NOT WORK which was not
> evident
> until we had the 59 door mounted on the 57 and went to shut it. YIKES!
> The only reason I mention this is if you current doors are soon to be
> smashed
> into oblivion, it would be best to find out if they don't work before
> they are
> destroyed. And they may be the same as I have never swapped 60/63
> doors, I
> just wanted to relate that story as it came as quite a shock to me when
> we
> suddenly had to find another door and they looked identical!
> Now about the slider bar that limits door mobility..
> We fought and fought with that and ended up drilling out the rivit.
> Perhaps
> Bob Hoffmeister or some other parts vendor type can add their tips but
> we
> fought for hours and ended up drilling the rivit out.
> Good luck!
> Jeff
>
>
> kenyon wills wrote:
>
> > I am hurrying to remove my 1960 rear doors. The 1963 demo derby guy
> is
> > letting me swap my rusty doors for his perfect ones (!!!). I need to
> have
> > them out by AM Thursday and already have them stripped and ready to
> pull
> > off. The fronts are already done.
> >
> > Once I get all the bolts and such off and tug on the door, the slider
> bar
> > that limits the door from opening wider than it should remains. This
> is
> > on a pivot that is secured with a rivet and goes through the door
> frame on
> > the B pillar and passes through a piece that is bolted into the
> interior
> > of the door. There is a bumpstop on the end that does not appear
> > removable.
> >
> > Unbolting everything does not work.
> > The FSM does not address door removal, just adjustment.
> >
> > It appears that the round rubber bumpstop has to come off, but there
> is no
> > apparent way to do so, and I'm suspecting that the rivet was the last
> part
> > insterted. It would be cleanest to remove just that, and easiest to
> > assemble if that were the only thing to press into place and then
> clamp
> > down when this was assembled.
> >
> > Is there a way to do this without going after the rivet?
> >
> > I will slice this thing out if I don't see an answer Wed night, as I
> have
> > a second car for parts, but I'm stumped and will need to address this
> one
> > way or another.
> >
> > Been there?
> > Done that?
> >
> > How?
> >
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> >
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