Posted By: rattler
4 door to 2 door question - 11/15/14 03:47 PM
I am thinking about doing a 4 door to 2 door conversion on a 64 Plymouth wagon. Is 64 Plymouth the only door that will interchange? Or will other years, or Dodge doors? I just need to know for sure before I start looking for a donor.
Posted By: Fanning
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/15/14 04:21 PM
Doors from 1964 and 1965 Plymouth and Dodge 2 door post B body will work. Assuming this is a 1964 Belvedere wagon.
Posted By: dvw
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/15/14 11:45 PM
63 door fits but the latch is different. You can cut and weld the inside frame. Or use a 63 2 door as a donor and use the 63 B-Pillar for the conversion.
Doug
Posted By: rattler
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/16/14 01:33 AM
Thanks guys, I really would like to do the conversion, I just wasn't sure what year donors would work.
Now I know what to look for.
Posted By: peabodyracing
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/16/14 01:46 AM
If I remember correctly the 63 windshield slant is different than 64. So the door will fit but the window frame portion would not.
Posted By: savoy64
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/16/14 02:25 AM
63 door doesnt fit because the vent window has a different angle...
Posted By: rattler
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/17/14 03:23 AM
Thanks guys. My new 64 Plymouth Savoy wagon just arrived today, this is the car I am considering changing to a two door. But my wife decided she likes the 4 door look. So, I might not convert.
Posted By: Alaskan_TA
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/17/14 03:24 AM
Good for her. Absolutely nothing wrong with a four door.
Posted By: dogdays
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/17/14 07:39 PM
I hate cutting up a decent 2-door to change a wagon.
Silly me, I like the 2-doors better.
R.
Posted By: blue_stocker
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/17/14 07:41 PM
x2 here, don't hack up a wagon either.
Posted By: John_Kunkel
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/17/14 07:56 PM
A cheap way to simulate a 2-door is simply remove the rear outside door handles.
Posted By: rattler
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/18/14 03:05 AM
Guys I wouldn't cut up a good car. I just thought if I found a rusty 2 door I might make the conversion. This is a really dry wagon. I just bought it from a member on here. Other than somebody doing a really bad paint job, I like the car. I can fix the color and drivetrain.
Posted By: rattler
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/18/14 03:31 AM
By the way, while you are looking at my new project, tell me how to remove the paint from the aluminum trim without hurting it.
Posted By: peabodyracing
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/21/14 11:19 PM
Glad you got that wagon. Great car, great buy, great seller. Have fun with it. Please don't convert it to a 2 door.
Posted By: rbkt65
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/22/14 06:15 AM
just got my 65 coronet bout finished. I was going to make 2 door but donor car prices are out of sight. mine has glass frt end, no inner fender panels, firewall back 12 in,motor back 9 in, rack and pinion, p/w,a/c,dana ladder bars,full cage,fact buckets and console,luggage rack, back seat, carpet and 543 motor. I would not make mine 2 door if I had to start over. I think laquer thinner will take paint off of chrome. all chrome is on my car except rocker moldings cause of removable frt clip. build it your way , the way you and wife want it. one of my best friends is doing 64 like yours and doing as 2 door,just don't look right. good luck rick
Posted By: rattler
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/22/14 10:54 PM
Thanks guys. I am thinking more and more of leaving it a 4 door. The look is kinda starting to grow on me. And it will be a lot less work for me too!
Posted By: BIG DRAG
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/23/14 10:00 AM
I vote to leave it a 4 door. Here is my 64 Savoy wagon with 4 doors.
Posted By: SGTFURY62
Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/23/14 07:59 PM
Here's a pic of my 63 wagon I did. They look amazing 2 doored. I used 64 jams and doors. I switched out the 64 cents with the 63 4drs and made upper window frames.