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| posted on June 9th, 2008 at 01:43 PM |
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Early body: late door latches?
I am about to start rebuilding my Oval/IRS street car and would like to update the door latches to 'late model' by cut/shut teh B pillar and
installing door shells from a Brazil (or is it mexico?) Beetle (small pre-68 windows but late-model latches)
Who supplies these doors? On past experience of floorpans, bumpers etc etc I do not trust the fit of the late doors so wish to 'test fit' the doors
to my bodyshell before I commit to cutting the B pillar.
I'd like to find someone that would allow me to test fit...
Hints/experience appreciated
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| posted on June 9th, 2008 at 03:38 PM |
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the later doors will have a different body crease / line to the early ones
yes trial fit B4 u cut anything they may look out of place
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| posted on June 9th, 2008 at 09:47 PM |
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Have you thought about going to bear claws?
I had the same concern about safety and installed these.
I reversed the setup on my oval and installed the latches in the B pillar instead of the door, it still needs to be finished off but you get the
idea.
Cheers
Dino
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| posted on June 9th, 2008 at 09:59 PM |
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Alex Holzl has late model on his oval
Pretty sure they are Brazilian doors. Will have to as how it was done
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| posted on June 9th, 2008 at 10:14 PM |
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Braz doors are what your after, but they use late interior trigger, although probably an easyish mod to go early. H & M Ferman in Syd had them.
Need to check these days. The body crease doesn't change as far as I can remember, had a mate do this way back
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 12:52 AM |
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hey thanks lads, I will check out Fermans; maybe Tooleys has some
Was it Alex's 'race' Oval that had the late doors?
I'll contact him for a few more hints
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 07:16 AM |
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Was it Alex's 'race' Oval that had the late doors?
I'll contact him for a few more hints
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Yes - the blue one with orange hair inside
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 07:51 AM |
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Glen
I am pretty sure you can buy just the Brazilian outter door skins and replace that if you carnt find a Braz door
you will probally find the outer skin has rust and needs repair anyway
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