What's the differences?
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What's the differences?
Between 53-55 door shells and the 56 door shell? Mine are ate up with rust and I'm not sure I have the skills to save them....I'm probably going to need replacement doors for the 56..
Can the 55's be made to work?
Can the 55's be made to work?
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56 doors are getting harder and harder to find. They were only made the one year. There are some repro fiberglass 56 doors. 53-55 are the same and there are vendors that reproduce them in steel.
Bottom patches inner and outer are the same for 53-56.
I've been looking for a solid drivers door for a couple of months. Seems like many of them are pretty rusted out.
BJ
Bottom patches inner and outer are the same for 53-56.
I've been looking for a solid drivers door for a couple of months. Seems like many of them are pretty rusted out.
BJ
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BJ....have you ever seen a fiberglass replacement?...I wonder how the fitment would be?....Do you know the NAME of any manufacturers? The only ones I have seen are on the complete cab available from Mid Fifty....but I can't get any responses to e mails..
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Good '56 doors are getting hard to find. I saw three sets for sale at the Nationals in PF a couple weeks ago on Friday. $1000.00 per pair was asking price for decent restorable doors. Guy would not break up either pair. Anyone interested, PM me, I have some contact information.
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Gibbon they have made fiberglass stuff forever.
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Where'd you get the skin? I use to see them advertised but haven't seen them for a while. I think I could salvage my door with a outer skin and a inner patch panel.
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Good '56 doors are getting hard to find. I saw three sets for sale at the Nationals in PF a couple weeks ago on Friday. $1000.00 per pair was asking price for decent restorable doors. Guy would not break up either pair. Anyone interested, PM me, I have some contact information.
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