Topic: Bottom of door shields

[rnegless]

I have six holes for screws on the bottom of the doors should there be some rubber shields attached there?

[1967FEGT]

They're in the Mustang assembly guide but I have never seen them on a Mustang. Just Cougars. They carry a Cougar parts prefix too.

[Bob Gaines]

I have six holes for screws on the bottom of the doors should there be some rubber shields attached there?

I have seen them infrequently on 67's. On the 69 cars where they are more common but still not on all a procedure has been adopted- if they had holes then they had the door sweeps if no holes no door sweeps. It maybe that the same logic can be applied to the 67 doors but I am not for sure. 

[ruppstang]

I do not know that much about Cougars but is it possible that a Cougar inner skin with holes was used on a Mustang? Also if there are holes that have had screws in them the metal should be pulled outward slightly from the threads. I have seen 67-68 doors with the holes but never have seen a door with the seals installed.

[Coralsnake]

It is possible to use a 1967 door on a 1968 car, so perhaps Mr Gaines is correct

[rnegless]

The doors are original and in my expert opinion (someone  who has seen a lot of screwed holes) none those holes (12) have ever seen a screw.

[midlife]

Probably an off-the-wall idea, but could the car have been Ziebart-protected once delivered to the dealership or shortly thereafter?  That process is known for introducing a fair amount of holes.

[J_Speegle]

I have six holes for screws on the bottom of the doors should there be some rubber shields attached there?

Don't recall ever seeing those on a 67 or 68 San Jose car

As mentioned maybe someone had a fresh idea in the engineering department and got some made before someone else canceled the idea. We have examples were Ford tried some new things out at San Jose but as mentioned I've not seen this

What are the dates on the door shells? 

[1967FEGT]

My 67 has them. They've never had anything in them either. The Jim Osborne body assembly manual list them for use on cars without rocker trim. The part number starts with CW.  I will take a look when I get a little spare time.

[RoyceP]

These inner lower seals were supposed to be a Cougar only thing, an added measure of sound isolation. Mustangs and Cougars of the 1967 - 73 era share many components including the door shells so the holes were stamped during manufacture. If your Mustang or Shelby has that seal it's a factory mistake. Many Cougars don't have them, it's my guess that this seal was discontinued mid year on the Cougar as being unnecessary.

[krelboyne]

The inner door skins are not the same between Mustang and Cougar. The Cougar has a full door card.