RE: Converted 4-door

[Bill <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The conversion actually puts the inner parts in just as the factory did.  As I pulled the inner structure from the old 2 door sedan, a large part of it was held in the body shell with sheet metal screws from the factory.  It appears to me that they made one shell for both styles and then put the correct parts in for 2 door or 4 door.  So really this conversion is, except for originality and VIN, a "factory" conversion.  Doing just a weld up of the 4 doors would mean keeping the shorter front doors; the 2 door has much longer doors and openings so the proportions are different.

Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana '60 Chrysler Saratoga kustom; '62 Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 Dart convertible; '65 Barracuda \6; '65 Imperial; '68 Barracuda FB 340-S; '69 Barracuda FB now 360; '70 Challenger now 440; '72 Cuda '340


 
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Converted 4-door
> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:57:17 +0000
> 
> 
> Everything I've read about this type of conversion involves robbing the 
> doors and rear quarter patches from a 2 door donor car. Anybody know why 
> you couldn't just use the rear door skins of the 4 door welded into 
> place and trimmed down to fit the front 2 doors?
> 
> sky62 wrote:
> > 
> > I haven't been to the Mosher site for awhile but as I recall they 
> > have a history of pictures of the projects they work on. and you can
> > see how they cut the sections out, and weld them together etc.. alot 
> > of stuff they farm out too.
> > 
> > I've also seen some pics of a 62 wagon done this way, 4 door to 2 
> > door, it was sort of a mint green 62 wagon with a Hemi in it. I saw 
> > it at
> > Spring Fling both as a 4 door wagon and a 2 door wag with some pics 
> > on how he did it. very cool.
> > 
> > Neal, who's been in this group did this conversion also, I think.? 
> > haven't heard from him in a while... must be out there, in the 
> > northwestern forest
> > searching for those long lost Mopars (o;
> > 
> > Schuyler 62 Dodge Dart 440 wagon w/ Poly 318
> > <http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-wrobel62.html>
> > FYI - I Do the Decal designs for the Poly head 318 and more! email me 
> > with your needs -
> > <sky62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sep 17, 2009, at 4:32 AM, Doug Daniel wrote:
> > 
> > > i am with you !!! i looked at them over and over i am not from 
> > > Colorado so i must have bad eyes ,,,,maybe it is the altitude ???? 
> > > but it looks like a 2 door start too finish
> > >
> > > --- On Thu, 9/17/09, Dennis J. <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> From: Dennis J. <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Subject: RE: Converted 4-door
> > >> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 7:24 AM
> > >>
> > >> I realize that as we get older, Our hearing and eyesite
> > >> tend not to be
> > >> as good as it once was, but I've looked at those pictures,
> > >> at least 5
> > >> times and I do not see that car as a converted 4 dr. to a 2
> > >> dr. The roof
> > >> doesn't appear to be cut and the interior floors and side
> > >> panels of the
> > >> rear seat area show no cuts or welding either. Granted I'm
> > >> not an
> > >> expert, but I guess someone with a lot more knowledge than
> > >> me will have
> > >> to point out where this was changed. The exterior body work
> > >> on the core
> > >> car, doesn't necessarily mean it was converted. JM2CW
> > >>
> > >> Dean Miller wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Colorado people must have better eye sight,I can
> > >> clearly see it was a 4
> > >>> door.
> > >>
> > >>
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> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Adams
> 64 Polara
> 
> 
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