59 sedan & hardtop doors

["Tim Hulse" <thulse@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mel,
 This question will drive you nuts. If your panels are at all there, at
least just enough some one can make a pattern from don't worry. I think the
answer is no. If you need 59 4-dr panels then get 59 4-dr door panels. You
will kill yourself trying to get the answer your looking for and it may be
wrong. Everything is different on these cars in years. They are quite
unique. I hoped for many of these type of questions when working on my 56
2-dr. My door panels work completely gone also. I took a good 4 dr panel
down and all they did was duplicate it and add length to fit the 2-dr. Not
much help but there you go.

Good luck
Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mel Wyshynski
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:21 PM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: 59 sedna & hardtop doors


I want to clarify the information I have been requesting.
The interior door panels on the 1959 LeBaron FDHT I am restoring are
deteriorated to the point where they cannot be reused. A fellow IML'er
stated that he had panels from a 1958 Crown FDHT. I asked the group if they
thought the panels from a 58 Crown FDHT would fit my car. From the responses
I gather that there is a good possibility that the front ones will but the
rear ones may not. There was also the fact that different models have
differently designed panels (e.g. with or without ashtrays).
Another IML'er stated that he had panels from a 1959 LeBaron sedan. I asked
Philippe (off line) if he thought these were interchangeable with mine. He
raised some level of doubt but was not certain. I then passed the question
on to the group. I am aware that the doors are not interchangeable but I was
hoping (fingers crossed and all) that the panels would be.
Thanks, in advance, for any help offered.
Mel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh & Therese" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:12 PM
Subject: IML: 59 sedna & hardtop doors


> 59 sedan & four door hardtop doors are quite different.  The hardtop doors
> are frameless.  The sedans are fully framed.  The chrome surround on the
> glass on the hardtop recesses into the body of the door when opened, the
> hardtop's glass moves up and down but the frame within which the glass
moves
> is always up.
>
> I thought we were talking about hardtop doors between 58 & 59, and cannot
> see what the difference between the doors might be but am OK with
accepting
> there is a difference.  It is more likely that sedan doors between the
> 57/58/59 bodies will interchange without difficulty than it is that you
> could swap a sedan's doors with those of a hardtop.
>
> Hugh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mel Wyshynski" <mvwyshy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:37 AM
> Subject: Fw: IML: Door panels
>
>
> > Hello All
> >
> > You can read Philippe's response to my question "Are the interior door
> > panels from a 1959 LeBaron four door sedan interchangeable with a 1959
> > LeBaron four door hardtop?"
> > Can anyone shed more light on this?
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Mel
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Philippe Courant" <accf-club@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Mel Wyshynski" <mvwyshy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 7:15 AM
> > Subject: Re: IML: Door panels
> >
> >
> > > Hi Mel,
> > > I don't know ! But i think they are different because the doors are
> > > different (pillars). But i'm not sure !!
> > > Ther's a pic of rear door '57 sedan at bottom of this page:
> > > http://www.ifrance.com/c-i-f/differ57_us.htm
> > > Hope that's help ..
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Philippe COURANT (Pau, France)- Webmaster des sites ACCF et C-I-F
> > > Imperial 1957 Crown convertible
> > > Buick 1996 Roadmaster wagon
> > >
> > > - American Car Club de France (ACCF) : http://www.accf.com
> > >
> > > - Chrysler Imperial France (C-I-F) : http://www.ifrance.com/c-i-f
> > >
> > > - Cadillac " Standard of Excellence " :
http://www.ifrance.com/accf-cad
> > >
> > > - SportsCars : http://www.ifrance.com/accf-sprtcar
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >