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| tadink |
 Dec 10 2014, 06:28 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 379 Joined: 28-December 09 From: Napa Member No.: 11,181 Region Association: Northern California  |
hey all -
I've got a '71 tub and am looking at some '75 inner door panels here locally - Is there any difference between an early and late door that I should know about before popping for these? Will they fit my doors? thanks! td |
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| bdstone914 |
Dec 10 2014, 06:32 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,905 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
QUOTE(tadink @ Dec 10 2014, 06:28 PM)  hey all - I've got a '71 tub and am looking at some '75 inner door panels here locally - Is there any difference between an early and late door that I should know about before popping for these? Will they fit my doors? thanks! td Early door panels are smaller and show part of the painted door at the edge. The top frame is different too. Not sure you can easily fit late panels in early doors. The vinyl early doors is smooth, the 75 would have the late basket weave. |
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| stevegm |
Dec 10 2014, 06:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,111 Joined: 14-July 14 From: North Carolina Member No.: 17,633 Region Association: South East States 
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QUOTE(tadink @ Dec 10 2014, 07:28 PM) hey all - I've got a '71 tub and am looking at some '75 inner door panels here locally - Is there any difference between an early and late door that I should know about before popping for these? Will they fit my doors? thanks! td I have some early door panels if you want to put the correct ones on. |
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| tadink |
Dec 10 2014, 06:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 379 Joined: 28-December 09 From: Napa Member No.: 11,181 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(stevegm @ Dec 10 2014, 04:38 PM) QUOTE(tadink @ Dec 10 2014, 07:28 PM) hey all - I've got a '71 tub and am looking at some '75 inner door panels here locally - Is there any difference between an early and late door that I should know about before popping for these? Will they fit my doors? thanks! td I have some early door panels if you want to put the correct ones on. hey - thanks! what do you want for them? you can PM me here or try tadink <at> yahoo.com cheers - and thanks guys!! td |
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| Dave_Darling |
Dec 11 2014, 12:12 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,161 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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I think I remember that the panels do interchange, even though they are not the same. You might need to do a little tweaking of stuff to get them to interchange?
Note that there are at least two different basket weave patterns; one for ~72-74 cars and one with larger pattern elements for 75-76. There were a couple of different grain patterns on the smooth vinyl as well, but I don't remember when those changed. --DD |
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| Johny Blackstain |
Dec 11 2014, 12:38 PM
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Walnut Elite Stratocaster player Group: Members Posts: 3,434 Joined: 5-December 06 From: The Shenandoah River Member No.: 7,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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No probs installing 74 door panels on my 70/6.
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| Chris914n6 |
Dec 11 2014, 11:42 PM
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Jackstands are my life. Group: Members Posts: 3,465 Joined: 14-March 03 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 431 Region Association: Southwest Region |
early has a formed metal top piece. 75-76 is 1 piece molded fiberboard that gets the hooks ripped out by unknowing panel removers and is a bitch to fix. Early is easy to attach to new flat fiberboard and make replacement or custom panels.
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| johannes |
Dec 12 2014, 06:18 AM
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Club Porsche 914 France President Group: Members Posts: 3,084 Joined: 13-January 06 From: France Member No.: 5,409 Region Association: France |
You can restore your late panel yourself. It's easy. Watch my tutorial here (lots of pictures).
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=54608 For your information, here is a thread with the early panels http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=46715 ... |
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| EdwardBlume |
Dec 12 2014, 06:36 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California
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I just installed new Mikey panels.... very nice!
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