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?
>
> =====
> Kenyon Wills
> 6o LeBaron - America's Most Carefully Built Car
> 73 LeBaron - Long Low & Luxurious
>
> San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area
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