Paint and Body Door Swap

[Rcdgl]

So welded up the exterior rust on the 82 pass door this week. But found a lot of rust on the bottom of the door shell.

I have a not rusted 89 pass door.

How hard is it to swap the 89 door onto to 82, mostly trying to figure out how to install the crank window mechanism in place of the power window.

Anyone done this?

 

[AeroCoupe]

Great thread on the physical differences here:

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Thread 'Door swapping on fox bodys'

Nov 2, 2005

My 85 gt with t-tops is in need of doors (rusted out at bottem). Scouring the local junkyards proved to be a waste of time. They said only 83-86 would fit. (t-top or convertable....no frame around window).

I found a 87 4 cly convertable with nice doors and front clip. I can get the whole car for $400........sell off the front clip to pay for the doors.

Anyway I can get them to work?......Body lines match up? How about 87-90 with window frames and just cut the frame off?

Thanks

• smoken44
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• Forum: Fox 5.0 Mustang Tech

As far as converting from power to manual windows this video seems pretty good:


View: https://youtu.be/G40RJ-uV3PQ?feature=shared

 

[Willybill32]

So welded up the exterior rust on the 82 pass door this week. But found a lot of rust on the bottom of the door shell.

I have a not rusted 89 pass door.

How hard is it to swap the 89 door onto to 82, mostly trying to figure out how to install the crank window mechanism in place of the power window.

Anyone done this?

I got '87-'93 doors for my '86, and they fit fine. The problem is that the '87 and up trim next to the windows is different, and to use the "86 and earlier trim, you have to weld up the holes on later doors. Both of mine were converted from electric to manual.