Get your tape measures please!

[bloxman]

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

[ddezso]

Luckily this thread is about something different than I thought when I read the subject line!

[e_racer1999]

where are the pics again?

[bloxman]

So I went and ate dinner , and flicked dchannels for about twenty minutes and I was able to open another browser window and reply to where the pictures it still says "uploading please wait"

What gives I've never had this problem before?

[bloxman]

I'll try them one at a time

[Ed]

The red doors belong to an earlier 240Z and the blue doors to the later 280Z.

[bloxman]

So you saying I need to get 240Z interior door panels?

Or should I butcher these till they fit and then recover them?

[Ed]

You should do what you want.

But if it were me....

You have a VERY custom car, VERY custom. I'd make the panels look like GTO panels or better.

BTW we would love to see some more pictures of your car in your gallery!

[bloxman]

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

[bloxman]

e_racer1999

Sorry about the tardy pics

it was my turn to be village idiot.

Blox

[bloxman]

ddezso

That was a truly snappy one liner my belly still hurtin from the laughin'

Well done

Blox

[EScanlon]

That "purple trim" as described on the e-bay auction, may be an indication of door panels that have lost the Chrome on the vinyl striping.

2¢

E