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Old 10-07-2012, 10:00 PM   #3
ChevLoRay
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Re: idea i was playing around w/doors

When you look at the stock 67-72 doors, the upper part of the door is really quite thin-looking. That was the intention of the designers, Harry Bentley Bradley particularly. Doors of the 60-66 and 73-up are all more substantial. So, your question is about making the doors look like the doors on a 2-dr hardtop (pillarless) vehicle. I reckon it can be done, but you gotta plan on where your glass is going to be stored and how to make it all function. If you don't do your homework, you'll end up slamming your door with the window up and it just won't shut w/o breaking the glass. By the same token, you wouldn't be able to open the door because the upper part of the door would be holding the glass. Vehicles that I've owned in the past had a flap (so to speak) that was hinged. Opening the door with the glass up would make the flap raise up out of the way. Closing the door would make it flop back down into the closed position. Look at a mid-50's 2-dr hardtop to see what I mean, if you have questions.
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