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Re: Door & rocker questions, plus a little bit of success!

To: Bill Gingerich <wrgingerich@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Door & rocker questions, plus a little bit of success!
From: Joe Curry <Spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:37:17 -0700
Bill Gingerich wrote:
> 
> Greetings, Fellow Listers!
> 
> First the questions:    I have a door shell off a '72 GT6 - will the guts from
> my '74 Spit door just bolt in?  Next, I'm getting cracks where the rear
> wings meet the rockers.  No door sag yet that I can see.  I realize it's
> hard to say without looking, but is this an immediate crisis?  I don't want
> to have my tub sag (no comments, please!)

Although I have never really compared the two, I would think that since
the Spitfire door does not have the vent wing window, the guts would not
bolt into the GT6 Door.  But you can use GT6 doors on a Spit as long as
you get the glass to fit the Spitfire top.  In fact, that is a good way
to help prevent the wind noise and leakage around the front edge of the
glass.  I am not sure if the contour of the glass edge is the same for
both cars.  I do know that the early Spit (Mk1-3) glass is curved at the
edge and for those cars, the GT6 glass would have to be cut down to fit. 

Cheers,
Joe

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