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04-14-2007, 07:25 PM
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Question about door glass.
I've got a quick question, today at a swap meet I saw a set of what appeared to be stock 49 chevy truck doors with one piece glass, my question is did some 47-53 chevys come with one piece door glass?
ok, i think ive got it 47-51 chevys came with one piece door glass correct? Now a new question i have a 53 and want one piece door glass, can i just take out the vent window and order the guts for a 47-51 or is it eaiser to just get doors for a 47-51? Last edited by Thalcomb; 04-14-2007 at 08:07 PM. Reason: Change in question |
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04-14-2007, 10:59 PM
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Re: Question about door glass.
That depends on the shape your doors are in, are they going to be used on your truck or not? The doors interchange and the vent windows and push button handles came later.
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04-15-2007, 01:01 AM
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Re: Question about door glass.
The doors will fit but the latches will be different, now is a good time to look at bear claws !
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04-15-2007, 01:52 AM
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Re: Question about door glass.
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Can you swap the latches? I've seen this done with out using bear claws. esll.
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04-15-2007, 01:56 AM
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Re: Question about door glass.
Show me how, as I have the same doors and I want to put them on my 53!!
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04-15-2007, 11:10 AM
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Re: Question about door glass.
I highly recomend the Bearclaw latches. I drove my '54 stock for 2 years and had my door(s) pop open twice while driving and hitting a bump. The old style latches aren't as good as the newer saftey latches. I have the earlier doors/handles/lock on my '54 with the single window. I replaced the entire door and had the newer latches installed. I never liked the wind wing look and the '54 handles. My mom on the other hand loves her's.
 Just my .02
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04-15-2007, 11:53 AM
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Re: Question about door glass.
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I belong to 2 other forum's and I just submitted a post about this. As soon as I get any info I'll post the results. esll.
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04-15-2007, 12:01 PM
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Re: Question about door glass.
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I lock my doors on my 50' and never had this happen when they were locked. My truck also has only 70,000 miles on it so my latches really have no wear. Do you think that all these latches that G.M. made were poor in quality or could it be different wear factors that should be addressed as well. ("IMHO") esll. 
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Tomorrow is for doing today's stuff. ************************************* This truck has just the right amount of energy for me! Author: Warren Lake .... (member) |
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04-15-2007, 03:58 PM
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Re: Question about door glass. / HAPPY TO BE A MEMBER HERE!!
One thing is for sure this forum spoils a guy!! All the information not to mention the response time to some ones question compared to other forums is far above the rest. I'm so happy to be a member here ....
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Tomorrow is for doing today's stuff. ************************************* This truck has just the right amount of energy for me! Author: Warren Lake .... (member) |
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04-15-2007, 05:29 PM
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Re: Question about door glass.
The newer latches from 53 up are superior to the older style, but they both suck. Its flat out a poor design.
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04-15-2007, 07:17 PM
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Re: Question about door glass.
The members of the other forum's that I belong to felt "Stove Bolt Chevy, GMC truck" forum would be a better source. Perhaps you guy's would want to try there.
Sorry about that, esll. 
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04-18-2007, 02:44 AM
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Re: Question about door glass./HERE'S THE SCOOP!!!
[QUOTE=Thalcomb;2126394]I've got a quick question, today at a swap meet I saw a set of what appeared to be stock 49 chevy truck doors with one piece glass, my question is did some 47-53 chevys come with one piece door glass?
ok, i think ive got it 47-51 chevys came with one piece door glass correct? Now a new question i have a 53 and want one piece door glass, can i just take out the vent window and order the guts for a 47-51 or is it eaiser to just get doors for a 47-51?[/Q ********************************************************** Ok heres the scoop! You will need 47 to 50 doors and a 47 to 5o set of strikers. Change your strikers and swap the doors and go cruzin. From what I've been told swaping the glass is a night mare. There are allot of little differences internally with vent window doors and non vent window doors. If you want to read more info go to the HAMB /Hokey Message Board and look for QUESTION ABOUT DOOR GLASS. esll.
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