<VV> LM Doors

[Mike Stillwell]

 The late Mike Harrison had a pair of NOS GM '67
pillars that he carted around to shows for years. He
claimed they would fit nothing else and I trust Mike
100%.

 Mike
 YS-117

--- airvair <airvair at richnet.net> wrote:

> I can't vouch for the mating points on the door jamb
> pillar, though I am
> reasonably certain the door itself is different. If
> the pillars are the
> same and it's just the door that was changed, then a
> '65-6 car might use
> '67 doors with '67 hinges. Anybody out there who's
> tried that for sure?
> 
> -Mark
> 
> Harry Yarnell wrote:
> > 
> > I'm not so sure the 65-6 hinges will interchange
> with the '67-9 ones...
> > 
> > harry yarnell
> > perryman garage and orphanage
> > hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 
> > > WRONG! If anything, the '65-6 hinges are the
> cheezy ones. Because of
> > > federal safety regulations, they redesigned the
> '67-9 hinges to be
> > > stronger and more durable. Over the past 40+
> years, I've seen more
> > > catch-latchs (or whatever the hell it's called),
> that thingy that holds
> > > the door open, broken on '65-6 hinges than on
> '67-9 hinges. And I've had
> > > twice as many '67-9's as '65-6 cars (about 3
> dozen in all). So the REAL
> > > answer is that the better hinge is definately
> the '67-9 hinges. If you
> > > have a choice, use them instead of the weaker
> '65-6 hinges. In the long
> > > run, you'll be glad you did.
> > >
> > > -Mark (voice of experience)
> 
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