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4 door to 2 door question

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: Supercuda

Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/17/14 04:34 AM

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Good for her. Absolutely nothing wrong with a four door.




Other than 2 too many doors.
Posted By: pushbutton

Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/17/14 06:17 AM

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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.




Any pics?
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.

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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.

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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: GTX70sixpack

Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/22/14 08:21 PM



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Posted By: GTX70sixpack

Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/22/14 08:23 PM



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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: moparpollack

Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/22/14 11:28 PM

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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.




Brake fluid worked for me.
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.

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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.

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Posted By: SGTFURY62

Re: 4 door to 2 door question - 11/23/14 08:00 PM

Better side

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