Door panel problem

[muckyp]

I am attempting to put some metal door panels on my truck. In doing so, it has come to my attention that I believe I have a 72 drivers door and an earlier passenger door. The problem is that the drivers door (72 door) has round holes at the bottom for the door panel and not the captured nuts like the passenger side door. How can I capture a nut there if the hole is round, without welding them?

['68 Short Step]

I had the same problem when one of the threads stripped and another pushed through on my '68 door. A "cheap" fix that I rigged was JB welding or strongly attaching a nut to the back side of the actual door hole so when you screw in the panel it has something to thread into. it held enough to get my door panel tight. I'm sure there are other solutions.

[TacBlade]

There is a rivet gun that puts a threaded rivet anywhere you want it. I believe they make up to a 1/4" nut? Maybe it would work? Available on Ebay below.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40

[Dunenutt]

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=16410051

A lot of places have them. Harbor freight has the kit cheap.

[hugger6933]

Without having to invest in tool s but I know we all like doing that, is a simple solution. Go to the parts store and ask to see the "clip" book. The local parts stores here have a big binder note book that has samples of the clips and body hardware they have available to them. find one in the book that look like what will do the job and under the clip in question will be the part numbers for indys, bags and boxes with the amounts in each listed to the side, so you can know how many to order. Jim

[hugger6933]

A quick way to tell the 72 door apart is that right below the vent widow frame there is a counter sunk screw hole to help hold the vent window frame. Jim

[muckyp]

I went to a local parts store and the guy introduced me to what he called crush nuts. (I know, sounds painful). They are a little bit like a Sheetrock anchor. I then Went to a local hardware store and they had what I call a captured nut and they called a caged nut, for the armrest screws. Thanks for all the input, standby for more questions sure to come.

[hugger6933]

Your lucky. The parts store guy Would have only gotten to the words crushed nuts before I ran out of the store screaming without any part only caring about my own! Jim