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ray_mcavoy · 02-24-2011, 09:24 PM

Hi Adam,

The plastic door panels in my 72 were in pretty rough shape so I swapped in a set of metal panels from a 71 parts truck.

I used some 1/4-20 nut inserts similar to the ones shown in this thread:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448116
to convert the lower 4 holes over to accept the mounting screws. I can't remember if they ended up being in the same locations as the holes for the 72 push-in retainers or not. I think I might have had to drill some new holes.

And as 67swb72klb pointed out, the 72 regulator stems are longer for the plastic door panels. So I used the regulators out of the 71 parts truck.

02-24-2011, 09:24 PM	#4
ray_mcavoy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sherman, ME Posts: 2,373	Re: Door Panel Interchangeability 67-72 Hi Adam, The plastic door panels in my 72 were in pretty rough shape so I swapped in a set of metal panels from a 71 parts truck. I used some 1/4-20 nut inserts similar to the ones shown in this thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448116 to convert the lower 4 holes over to accept the mounting screws. I can't remember if they ended up being in the same locations as the holes for the 72 push-in retainers or not. I think I might have had to drill some new holes. And as 67swb72klb pointed out, the 72 regulator stems are longer for the plastic door panels. So I used the regulators out of the 71 parts truck.