I'm helping a buddy redo a 87 convertible, and the door is just too rotted to reskin. He picked up a driver's door from a private owner parting out a car about a year ago, but we just found out it's warped badly after we finally got around to installing it. Since coupe doors are much easier to obtain, we were thinking of cutting a coupe door to use in place. I think the glass might be different, but that's not a problem. Has anyone tried this?
John
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"John-Del" wrote in news:1126047437.679566.143640 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
That's the way it was done in the early eighties..I believe Ford didnt start doing the convertibles until about 83
For what it's worth I reskinned my 88 conv with the skin from an 85 HB door.
Have you called around collision places, esp those who do frame straightening and asking if they can 'unwarp' the otherwise good door you have?
The 1987 and early 1988 used the same internals as the coupe/hatchback doors. In late 1988 they went to the door mounted mirror and a different window. You will have no problem converting a door for this application. As a side note this door is the same as the 1987 T-Top door. It is much trickier and time consuming to convert the 87-93 coupe/hatch doors for late 88-93 convertible duty.
Tim (Musttanguy) PonyPerformance.com
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