Monday, January 9, 2012

The Doors Part 1

I brought the passenger door up from the basement storage and started to appraise the quality of the door.  It didn't look all that good after I started to "dig in".  The whole bottom of the door was rusted out and they covered it up with metal tape, bondo, and paint.  Yay!  So I dug into my change collection and looked for a sale.  A holiday sale!  I waited and sure enough if you sign up on every Mustang parts website, you will get the sale.  I figured I would save about 11% and they had free shipping.  Then as I read more I found out if I bought 2 doors, I'd save even more because they had a buy two doors deal and the 11% savings and free shipping! So I went to look at the other door in the basement, yep, I needed two doors.  The next thing that went through my head was, Okay, great deal but who makes the doors?  Will it have that texture on the inside of the door like the original?  More research showed it was a Dynacorn door.  The most respected in the business.  So I bought two new doors 11% off, deal on buying two doors and free shipping.  Got a phone call the next day from the parts place and they told me they didn't have any in stock and it would be a month before they get anymore.  Okay, I'll wait.  I've been waiting for years anyway.  Next day I got an email saying they shipped.  What?  Not in stock yet they shipped the next day?  I guess they figured I found a crack in the system and wanted to see if I would say never mind, I'll get them somewhere else.

So here is the pics!

 Beginning the process of taking the "inners" out of the door.



 You can sort of see the rust from the inside.

I'm going to need all the inside parts, so I'll remove them and detail them.



 New door!  Yay!


Two new doors!  Yay! 



6 comments:

  1. James,

    Those new doors look really nice! Who did you end up making your purchase through? I am going to be needing two doors for my 70 and the Dynacorn doors look to be the hot lash. Thoughts?

    Sven Pruett

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  2. Good deal on those doors James! Free shipping is the way to go on this stuff. Wish I could have found some deals like that, I might have bought a hood and deck lid (and fenders... and...)

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  3. The parts came from CJ Pony Parts. They are having a sale right now. 30% of sheet metal until Thursday! Make sure they say Daynacorn!
    Doors are truck freight bulk. So look for the free shipping items if possible.
    http://www.cjponyparts.com/Default.aspx

    Thanks guys! More to come after my broken foot heals! That's why you have been seeing more updates. I have more time on my hands. ugh!

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  4. James, Thanks for the heads up on the CJ Pony Parts sale. I'm going to take a look at my right firewall extension tonight. I know I have some rust, but it's not as bad as the driver's side. I may spring for it at the discount and free shipping.

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  5. Amazing and useful article. Thanks for posting this. It’s useful and useful. Keep up the excellent.
    Doors James

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