68 torino suicide rear doors need help |
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cutthroaxxx
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Posted: 02-October-2015 at 6:26PM |
I Have a buddy wants to do suicide doors on his back once it is a 1968 Torino 4 door the kits to do it are crazy can anybody help me out here?
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californiajohnny
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generally, to suicide the doors, they need to swing out away from the body, i've often thought about using door hinges from like a '56 f100, they swing out away from the body! just an idea...
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Big Bird
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Look at the 67-71 4-door t-birds, maybe they can get you pointed in the right direction.
The hinges don't have to be external, but the pivot points (hinge pins) have to be in-line with each other. Because most 4-doors have a curved edge to the read door that follows the wheel arch, the hinges need to be closer together than on a front mounted door. Closer hinges mean that the structure needs to be stronger to support the same load.
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californiajohnny
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the '56 f100 hinges aren't "external" but good point about the rear doors and the "dog leg" part of the door!
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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