1968 oem door skin length

[ChevyGearHeads]

Hello everyone!!

It's been a while, but I am in a pickle again!
I need the OEM factory measurements on the drivers side door for the '68 C10.
Specifically the overall length from the window insert to the bottom fold.
My target audience is the guys with straight OEM Doors.
Thank you to everyone in advance and hopefully everyone is enjoying their holiday!

Thanks,
Paul

[ZEKE68]

32 1/2" If I run a tape measure down the outside of the door, from the window opening to the bottom of the door.

[ChevyGearHeads]

@ZEKE68 is that down the center, front or rear of the door?

[ZEKE68]

I got 32 3/8" rear of glass down.
32 3/8" middle of glass down
and 32 1/2" front of glass down.

[CKfan]

Originally Posted by ChevyGearHeads

@ZEKE68 is that down the center, front or rear of the door?

Take a picture of what you are looking for. I am totally lost.

[ChevyGearHeads]

@CKFan, I took a Triplus door skin and cut it in half and I'm replacing from halfway to the bottom of the door and I need to know how overall long the OEM skin is from the top of the skin (between the skin and window insert) down to the bottom edge to ensure I'm welding it in the correct position.

[CKfan]

I just happen to have stripped and put in epoxy a real nice, original paint D/S door and was just in the middle of some seam sealing on the frame and door skin seams. I took a few pictures that may help you if I understood what you wanted. This door is original, not re-skinned .

Picture 1 (Hinge side):
When I remove a door skin, I scribe a line at the top (each side) where the skin meets the window frame and take a picture of its position front to back and place the new skin exactly where the old one was. If you get those positions the same the measurements are irrelevant in my opinion. I have found that no two doors have been skinned exactly in the same position from the factory.

Picture 2 (hinge side)
Note the door skin sits about a 1/4 inch above the hinge side window frame on this door. This is why I scribe the line before I take the skins off.

Picture 3 (latch side):
I measured from the bottom of window frame and it is exactly 30 1/2 inches to bottom of skin fold.

Picture 4 (latch side):
Note the door skin sits almost perfectly on the bottom of the latch side window frame on this door. I can just fit a business card between the skin and the frame.

I hope this helps.