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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Body, Glass & Paint => Topic started by: jcfisher on November 13, 2008, 10:20:27 am
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I own a 1976 chevy bonanza 3/4 ton that I have been working on for about a year now. I am not a body man, but I am taking my time and have done alot of the work myself, such as rust patch panels, bed replacement, hood replacement, etc. My question is, how do I remove, install, adjust the doors to my truck? Any help would be appreciated.
As a side note, I am the second owner of this truck. It was purchased new by my Uncle when I was 8. I grew up around the truck, and bought it from him in 1987. I started to rebuild it in 2007. It has a fresh 454 with a mild "rv" cam, edelbrock dual plane intake, edelbrock 750 carb, flowtech headers, 3" dual exhaust, fresh TH400 and a 14 bolt with 4:10 gears. It has all new brakes, new frontend bushings, etc. It is currently my daily driver! (8 miles to and from to work every day). I replaced the bed in 2006 with one that was perfect, replaced the dash, doorpanels, and window cranks. The progress is pretty good considering we have 4 kids and a mortgage !
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aligning the doors are a pain. You have minute adjustments at the cab, in/out, up/down at the door hinges and at the back in/out at the striker.
BTW, from the factory these trucks had the WORST fitment as far as body panels.
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this might help you out to
http://www.classictrucks.com/tech/0605cl_chevy_c10_doors_install/index.html
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Thanks for the help guys. I'm going Saturday to look at some "perfect" 76 doors from a blazer. I hope they are half as good as he says they are.
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This might help
http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&itemID=17492&keyword=14088&cm_mmc=undefined