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Old Mar 23, 2014 | 08:02 AM
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Access Panels are missing?

I pulled off the door covers of my 53 F100 and was surprised to not have any access panels. Did Ford not supply these since there was a door cover installed, or were they simply removed and not reinstalled at some point in time on this particular truck?
 
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Old Mar 23, 2014 | 08:20 AM
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That seems in line with what I've seen also. Access panels were typically installed when a door panel wasn't.
 
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That seems in line with what I've seen also. Access panels were typically installed when a door panel wasn't.
Ditto on this comment, the doors I have from a custom cab didn't have those panels either just the cardboard panels.
 
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That is correct for 53-56 trucks for sure. If the trucks were deluxe models (53-54) or Custom Cab (55-56) they did not have the access panels underneath the cardboard panels.
 
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