Evening Everybody,

This is kinda a weird situation, or maybe not when some body explains to me what is going on?

I beleive I have a 1975 280Z. The car has a Alpha GTO body kit .

The VIN # is HLS30 224694

The car had doors mounted on the car and came with a spare set of doors.

The mounted doors worked perfectly well open and closed using exterior door handles worked locks worked ..so cool but were rusty

The mounted doors did not haved interior door pulls, or interior panels installed.

Now I tried to install the "extra doors on the car as they were in better (Quantity and Quality of Rust) shape.

Using the hinges that were on the car, I attempted to install the extra doors. No Fit!

The trailing interior edge of the door were shaped differently. And the latching mechanism was incompatable.

Could the mounted doors Have been altered for the GTO body kit? Its a damn good job if they did it!

So I did a complete job on the old doors, grinding welding , great!

Now based on the fact that the door bolted up but couldn't close I asummed (like an idiot) that the interior door panels would fit.....negative once again very very close but no go.

For starters the door lock pull up and down thing hole on the interior panel is at 8 & 1/2 inch from trailing edge of door panel (see pic 0076).

My door lock pull up and down thing is 6" from end of door? (see pic 0070)

Possibly this is a pair of door s from a 2 + 2?, a 240Z , a 260Z?

The latching mechanism is completely different on the doors.

(see pic 0073) mounted door, (see pic 0078) extra doors.

The door lock pull up and down things are mechanicaly different on the mounted doors you can see the rod travelling straight up parrallel to the back of the door. (see pic 0072)

On the "extra door there is a lever involved.(see pic 0077).

This is a kinda glaring difference, but in my defence was not viible with the plastic moisture bearier still in place.

So I am thinking I need a new used pair of interior door panels.

The "extra doors' interior panels are black with a purple or blue metal trim.

There is a fella selling a pair of door panels on ebay currenty and his panels are exactly the same as mine Purple blue trim and all. He beleives they are from a 75 280Z.

I suspect the answer to this problem can be solved if everbody run out into the garage with their tape measure, if your door lock pull up and down thing is around 6 inches from trailing edge of door , could ya be a pal and tell what your driving!

Any body know what Year /Model I'm looking for?

There is a fella selling a pair of door panels on ebay currenty and his panels are exactly the same as mine (extra doors). He thinks they are from a 75 280Z

Bloxman

EScanlon

You are absolutely correct ,you can see in the second photo where the chrome foil is still intact.

looks kida cool though - might take the rest off

Bloxman

Hi Bloxman,

You could very well have a '75 280z with original '75 280z doors. These doors are different than later year 280z doors, as you have discovered. The most notable difference is the location of the interior lock pulls. On my '75 280z, they are 6" from the rear of the interior panel. On my '78 280z, they were a few inches farther toward the front of the car.

If you had 2+2 doors, you would have secondary interior door releases at the rear of the doors that enables the rear passengers to release and open the doors from the back seat. They would be longer as well. One thing to consider if you try to use the later 280z doors is the differences between the weatherstriping of the two and how that would affect the fit of the doors to the body. The later doors have additional rubber pieces on the top of the window frame, and I believe, at the bottom of the door.

I noticed you're not exactly in an area of the world where body parts would be plentiful. If you can't find '75 doors, you might consider having the outer skins of the '78 doors grafted onto the '75 frames, that is if the '75 frames are in good shape.

I hope this helps and clears things up a bit.

Good luck,

Rob

Thanks Ed

loaded some pics in my gallery as requested

You may or not have noticed I powered my locks also.

How did you power the windows?

Could you recommend a particular kit and Manufacturer

Blox

My power windows were a one off custom job. I used an old door, cut the skin off so that I could work on the regulator. 81ZX motors and a little cutting / welding / fabricating. Sorry.