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turning a 4 door into a 2 door. #1250146 06/12/12 11:31 PM 06/12/12 11:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 161 SE Iowa J Jonnyj00 OP member
Jonnyj00 OP member J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 161 SE Iowa	my uncle wants to take a clean 65 plymouth belvedere 4 door and turn it into a 2 door post with a doner car to run in nostalgia super stock we have heard it can be done fairly easily. What I was needing was an article on how to do this or some good step by step pictures if any of you have done this before. Thanks guys! Last edited by Jonnyj00; 06/12/12 11:36 PM.

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Jonnyj00] #1250147 06/13/12 12:11 AM 06/13/12 12:11 AM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 916 Arizona Chucklehead super stock
Chucklehead super stock Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 916 Arizona	I have seen pictures of it being done. Do not remember where now. On Bigblock Dart there was a guy who did that with a Dart. If I remember the article on the B body the spots to mount the post to make it a 2 door car were on the structure of the 4 door car. Still Broke

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Chucklehead] #1250148 06/13/12 12:17 AM 06/13/12 12:17 AM
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64Post master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 8,716 Baltimore/Denver	The doors are kinda hard to come by, plus the brain damage. Just buy the post car and be done with it.

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Jonnyj00] #1250149 06/13/12 12:25 AM 06/13/12 12:25 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,619 Almost Heaven B_Body_Bob Master of nothing
B_Body_Bob Master of nothing Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,619 Almost Heaven	I've never done it, but here's a set of photos showing it done. http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/lil273/ Another page with info http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showthread.php?t=26525 Last edited by B_Body_Bob; 06/13/12 12:30 AM. Everybody makes fun of a hillbilly until they need something fixed

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: B_Body_Bob] #1250150 06/13/12 02:19 AM 06/13/12 02:19 AM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 161 SE Iowa J Jonnyj00 OP member
Jonnyj00 OP member J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 161 SE Iowa	Thaank you very much that was exactly what I was looking for! I like the way the forbbodies only one used the skin off the old door for the patch piece! Thanks again

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Jonnyj00] #1250151 06/13/12 02:34 AM 06/13/12 02:34 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,431 SK,Canada gregsrt top fuel
gregsrt top fuel Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,431 SK,Canada	This was a 4 door in its previous life 7248269-IMG_5302.JPG (214 downloads) An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. Thomas Jefferson

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Jonnyj00] #1250152 06/13/12 05:20 AM 06/13/12 05:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,932 Finalnd, Perkele J jyrki master
jyrki master J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,932 Finalnd, Perkele	Quote: Thaank you very much that was exactly what I was looking for! I like the way the forbbodies only one used the skin off the old door for the patch piece! Thanks again Yes, that's relatively easy, just keep in mind that the profile of the b-post in a 2 door is different than in a 4 door, so you still can't do it using 2 D doors and just moving the 4 D post rearwards and covering the hole with the partial skin of the 4D. The B-post needs modifications to make it work. Same is true with A-bodies, and on top of that the B-post of the 4 d is way thicker, so that the 2 D sedan rear side glasses won't fit. Here is some pics of a bit more radical conversion http://www.moparmaniacs.net/belveframe.html And here is a pic of a converted A-body with the thick B-post: http://kuvia.1g.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2011/FHRA/SonaxSpringNats2011/Camera2/MOP_7902.jpg Plynouth VIP '67 TT IC EFI

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: jyrki] #1250153 06/13/12 09:04 AM 06/13/12 09:04 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,533 Indiana F Fury Fan master
Fury Fan master F Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,533 Indiana	A few years ago I saw an article on a dark blue 62 Belv/Fury that had been converted, you might be able to find that article somehow. It was on the cover, on a low-angle shot that let you see the turned-inside whitewalls (why didn't they photoshop that?).

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Fury Fan] #1250154 06/13/12 09:10 AM 06/13/12 09:10 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,619 Almost Heaven B_Body_Bob Master of nothing
B_Body_Bob Master of nothing Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,619 Almost Heaven	Here's the article mentioned ... from a thread on fbbo: http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/adamdawson/10.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/adamdawson/11.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/adamdawson/12.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/adamdawson/13.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/adamdawson/14.jpg And here it is on the mopar muscle website: http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/featuredvehicles/b_body/mopp_0701_1962_plymouth_savoy/index.html Last edited by B_Body_Bob; 06/13/12 09:11 AM. Everybody makes fun of a hillbilly until they need something fixed

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: B_Body_Bob] #1250155 06/13/12 09:25 AM 06/13/12 09:25 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,533 Indiana F Fury Fan master
Fury Fan master F Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,533 Indiana	Somebody needs to change youre title from 'master of nothing' to 'lickety-split netsearcher'.

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Jonnyj00] #1250156 06/13/12 10:16 AM 06/13/12 10:16 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,336 South-Central (Sebring), FL Commando1 master
Commando1 master Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,336 South-Central (Sebring), FL	Quote: ...we have heard it can be done fairly easily.

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Commando1] #1250157 06/13/12 10:52 AM 06/13/12 10:52 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,533 Indiana F Fury Fan master
Fury Fan master F Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,533 Indiana	Quote: Quote: ...we have heard it can be done fairly easily. Just like a 5.7 swap.

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Jonnyj00] #1250158 06/13/12 12:36 PM 06/13/12 12:36 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,206 New York polyspheric master
polyspheric master Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,206 New York	we have heard it can be done fairly easily I'm sure it can be done, but not easily. A different question: what do you say when the tech guy says "it's not legal"? How do you prove it's an exact match for a 2-door, with no weight distribution, engine location, axle position etc. changes? Boffin Emeritus

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Jonnyj00] #1250159 06/13/12 12:56 PM 06/13/12 12:56 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet
Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md	I think he'd be better off and he'd save some money by just selling the 4 door and buying a 2 door. That or just race the 4 door in NSS. [IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/pui5j.jpg[/IMG] Coming soon!!!!

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: Mr.Yuck] #1250160 06/13/12 01:21 PM 06/13/12 01:21 PM
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64Post master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 8,716 Baltimore/Denver	A 4 door and post car use the same chassis/roof. When the car is built as a post an interior 'plug' is used where the back window is. To do the job correctly, a post car donor needs to be used for the plug/jamb, post/glass and doors. It doesn't make sense to me to do all that work since a donor post car needs to be located anyway. Then there's the issue of getting someone to sell you a car knowing you're going to cut up a post car to build a post car...

Re: turning a 4 door into a 2 door. [Re: 64Post] #1250161 06/16/12 12:59 AM 06/16/12 12:59 AM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 168 Washington State, USA W Winchester 73 member
Winchester 73 member W Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 168 Washington State, USA	Quote: A 4 door and post car use the same chassis/roof. When the car is built as a post an interior 'plug' is used where the back window is. To do the job correctly, a post car donor needs to be used for the plug/jamb, post/glass and doors. It doesn't make sense to me to do all that work since a donor post car needs to be located anyway. Then there's the issue of getting someone to sell you a car knowing you're going to cut up a post car to build a post car... unless you were creatin a car that dident exist like a two door c body wagon someone with photoshop skills do me a two door 72 town and country wagon pleeeeeeeese

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