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    Posted: 02-December-2014 at 10:01AM
The bottom of the Montego door is toast. I was wondering what other doors I could use as a transplant. 
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I am almost positive that the 1974, 1975 and 1976 Cougar and ford gran Torino ELITE (NOT THE REGULAR GRAN TORINO/NON-ELITE'S) lower doors are the same.
The regular 1972 through 1976 ranchero, torino and gran torino "NON-ELITE" lower doors are probably different. So it will probably have to be a 1974-1976 cougar or gran torino ELITE lower door. 
 
It might also be possible that the 1977, 1978 and 1979 thunderbird, ranchero, cougar and LTD II (lower doors) are similar, but i am not 100% sure about this part/subject. Hopefully one of the other members will know for sure.


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What side?
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Pass Side. 
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You have now passed your 200 points, which automatically makes you a senior member.

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No luck. I have a left side door skin.
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I have a solid 77-79 Ranchero door if it will work.
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i do know the gran torino's are different, but not a 100% on the others but i think dave is right, they do look right as far as body lines???
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Dan the Ranchero man's Ranchero has a Montego clip on it, and it lines up with the doors fine. The whole door will not interchange, as the 72-76 window line lifts up near the back of the doors, but the bottom should be the same...
 
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Originally posted by californiajohnny californiajohnny wrote:

i do know the gran torino's are different, but not a 100% on the others but i think dave is right, they do look right as far as body lines???
Yes, there is a picture below of a 1974 gran torino.
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^^^ damn, i could use some parts off of that car!!!Wink
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Originally posted by smhj smhj wrote:

The bottom of the Montego door is toast. I was wondering what other doors I could use as a transplant. 
It might be possible to use the extreme lower (very low) door portion from a 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 or 1976 torino, non-elite gran torino or ranchero. I am not 100% sure about this though. Hopefully one of the other members will know if this is true or not.
But as you can see from the pictures, the lower-middle to upper doors are different than the non-elite gran torino's, the '72 through '76 ranchero's and base model torino's . There is a picture below of a 1974 montego door.
 

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There is a picture below of a 1974 gran torino elite.
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There is a picture below of a 1974 cougar.
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There is a picture below of a 1977 through 1979 ranchero door, as you can see the lower to middle portions of the door are very similar to the 74-76 cougar, montego and gran torino elite. But the upper part of the door is different than them.


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Originally posted by Big Bird Big Bird wrote:

Dan the Ranchero man's Ranchero has a Montego clip on it, and it lines up with the doors fine. The whole door will not interchange, as the 72-76 window line lifts up near the back of the doors, but the bottom should be the same...
There are two pictures below of dan's 1978 ranchero/montego.
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I'm betting that the lower section would work. Ford wasn't too creative back then and re-used a lot of tooling.
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Those pictures were actually pretty helpful. I had intended to use this doorskin on my old Ranchero but turns out it's for the coupes.
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