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1st Generation 1964 1/2 - 1973 - Questions & general discussions that apply to a specific year => 1964 1/2 - 1965 => Topic started by: tvor on June 20, 2015, 03:26:16 PM

Title: Door hardware question
Post by: tvor on June 20, 2015, 03:26:16 PM

Hi all,
What is the proper finish on the bolts that mount to the rear channel guide - zinc cad. or painted to match the car?  Also, same question for the metal plugs that cover the window adjustments.

Thanks for the help!
Kelley

Title: Re: Door hardware question
Post by: jwc66k on June 20, 2015, 04:26:15 PM

Quote from: tvor on June 20, 2015, 03:26:16 PM

Hi all,
What is the proper finish on the bolts that mount to the rear channel guide - zinc cad. or painted to match the car?  Also, same question for the metal plugs that cover the window adjustments.

Thanks for the help!
Kelley

The door is painted well before any door internals are installed. The exposed bolts are phosphate, the latch screws are clear zinc, the plugs are body color.
Jim

Title: Re: Door hardware question
Post by: tvor on June 21, 2015, 10:06:20 AM

Thank you Jim!

Title: Re: Door hardware question
Post by: GT500KR on June 21, 2015, 10:18:10 AM

Quote from: jwc66k on June 20, 2015, 04:26:15 PM

The door is painted well before any door internals are installed. The exposed bolts are phosphate, the latch screws are clear zinc, the plugs are body color.
Jim

Aren't the door plugs natural on the earliest cars? If so is there an approximate cut off date?

Title: Re: Door hardware question
Post by: CharlesTurner on June 21, 2015, 12:12:35 PM

Quote from: GT500KR on June 21, 2015, 10:18:10 AM

Aren't the door plugs natural on the earliest cars? If so is there an approximate cut off date?

Best I can tell, only first few weeks of production, usually including pre-prod cars too.

Title: Re: Door hardware question
Post by: GT500KR on June 29, 2015, 12:36:03 AM

Thanks Charles.

My Mid April 64 has natural plugs on one side.

On the other side they are body color. But that side had been replaced with a used door from another car and re-painted (poorly, as in.. EVERYTHING!) to match.