WANTED Passenger Door, 1969-70 Chrysler or Imperial, 2dr Hardtop (23)

vdk2010 · Oct 10, 2022

I'm looking for a door in very good shape as the best possible base to go onto my project car.
Means no rust (surface rust I don't care), no previous damages etc.

The door will get acid dipped and e-coated anyway, but the metal has to be in great shape.

My original door was in bad shape, even though my body man did his best to straighten it but unfortunately the end result is not good enough to go onto my fully restored car.
My project is in a state where I can't or won't fix another door in not very good shape.

Please contact me if you have what I'm looking for!
Thanks.

Pictures for comparison:

detmatt · Oct 10, 2022

Bummer! Did you try Murray yet?

vdk2010 · Oct 10, 2022

I contacted Murray, DVAP and Wildcat already, yes.

Murray and DVAP haven't answered yet, Wildcat does only have one damaged door I won't use.

PH27L7 · Oct 10, 2022

Maybe....?

1970 Chrysler full-size door skin - auto parts - by owner - vehicle...

C Body Bob · Oct 10, 2022

vdk2010 said:
I'm looking for a door in very good shape as the best possible base to go onto my project car.
Means no rust (surface rust I don't care), no previous damages etc.

The door will get acid dipped and e-coated anyway, but the metal has to be in great shape.

My original door was in bad shape, even though my body man did his best to straighten it but unfortunately the end result is not good enough to go onto my fully restored car.
My project is in a state where I can't or won't fix another door in not very good shape.

Please contact me if you have what I'm looking for!
Thanks.

Pictures for comparison:
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Will one from a 69 300 convertible work

vdk2010 · Oct 11, 2022

PH27L7 said:
Maybe....?

1970 Chrysler full-size door skin - auto parts - by owner - vehicle...

Thanks, looks interesting, but in my case, I think the inner structure is deformed a little bit as well, so I would rather buy an entire OEM door without any damages!

vdk2010 · Oct 11, 2022

C Body Bob said:
Will one from a 69 300 convertible work

Hey Bob, yes a 69 convertible door would worlk! Can you send me pictures please?

vdk2010 · Oct 11, 2022

detmatt said:
Bummer! Did you try Murray yet?

Murray and DVAP answered both now, and both have doors that would work. Waiting for pictures now. We will see!

C Body Bob · Oct 11, 2022

vdk2010 said:
Hey Bob, yes a 69 convertible door would worlk! Can you send me pictures please?

Sure I’ll get them this afternoon when I get home

C Body Bob · Oct 11, 2022

vdk2010 said:
Hey Bob, yes a 69 convertible door would worlk! Can you send me pictures please?

Can you PM me an e-mail address to send them to. Also I made a video of the car for my YouTube channel showing what parts were good on it. I’ll look for that video if you’d like to see that

bigmoparjeff · Oct 12, 2022

Instead of being hard to find, it will be hard to decide which one to buy.

As I mentioned in the progress thread, I also have two doors. I didn't inspect every inch of it yet, but it looks like I have a rust free, dent free, original paint door from a 1969 300 coupe. I also have an NOS 1971 door. I know that the '71 is a different part number, but the differences are probably some extra holes or a welded bracket. Further investigation would be needed on that one. It has some small dents, typical of NOS parts that have been banged around in storage.

Shoot me a PM if you want to consider either of those for your search.

Jeff

SGT FURY · Oct 12, 2022

I had a door but sent it to Australia recently.
Anyways I have a pair of mint coupe door mouldings
from a 69 imperial if need?
For Sale - 1969 Imperial coupe door trim

vdk2010 · Oct 13, 2022

SGT FURY said:
I had a door but sent it to Australia recently.
Anyways I have a pair of mint coupe door mouldings
from a 69 imperial if need?
For Sale - 1969 Imperial coupe door trim

Thank you, but I have all the trim I need!
but if you come across some bucket seat head rests, let me know. (yours seems to be from a bench seat)

bigmoparjeff · Oct 14, 2022

Here's some quick initial shots of what I have.

The used door. I have to unpile some things to get a good look at the entire bottom seam, but from what I can see it's really clean. The door has been stored inside for close to 20 years now. The scrapes and scuffs are only in the paint, though I'm sure that there's a ding or two that will need a little skim coat.

The NOS door. It has the typical dings from storage, along with some light surface rust in spots. The third photo is the inside bottom of the door.

Jeff

bigmoparjeff · Oct 17, 2022

I got the door out of the storage trailer and popped off the door panel. The bottom seam looks real good with just a bit of minor surface rust on both the outside and inside.