Door panels....take me to school.

fitzwell · Post by **fitzwell** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:36 pm

Got to looking at what i have available for the'68 yesterday...nothing good. I want to keep the existing door handles on the inside, the window cranks are no big deal, i just need to know ......

what will interchange from 68 up, and is there a simple, all steel panel that was ever used?

i have a plan............

Post by **Ranchero50** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:49 pm

From what I've seen there is a difference between '69 and '71 with regards to the holes on the door itself. The '69 had the metal trim ring and holes for it's clips and the '71 didn't. Beyond that I don't know.

Jamie

Joshpow · Post by **Joshpow** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:20 pm

I believe that any 68-72 panel will interchange. The ones with the metal trim will have extra holes compared to the ones without. This isn't year related though. It has to do with the packages such as Ranger, Ranger XLT, Custom, and Sport Custom. The plain panels for plain jane trucks is solid steel with molded ridges. Hope this gives you a good idea.

427blackpearl · Post by **427blackpearl** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:35 pm

this is the panel that should be on all our trucks
mine is a ranger so it has the trim around the edge
i found a spare set of panels and painted them cause i didn't like the after market plastic ones

wt4speed#2 · Post by **wt4speed#2** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:40 pm

Mine are steel .

Joshpow · Post by **Joshpow** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:14 pm

Keep in mind guys, some had the vinyl covered fiberboard. Mostly XLT Rangers though. Some even had woodgrain on those panels.

fitzwell · Post by **fitzwell** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:37 am

427...that's basically the panel i'm looking for. Going to upholster over it, so the trim isn't necessary (at least for what i have planned

thanks guys

427blackpearl · Post by **427blackpearl** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:43 am

that should be on all our trucks as far as i know from the factory

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:04 pm

427blackpearl wrote:that should be on all our trucks as far as i know from the factory

well some had a hard vinyl with woodgrain through the middle, and others had a vinyl like material with a vertical wood grain in the ranger xlts. they are quite a few different panels for these trucks from the factory.

dcbullet · Post by **dcbullet** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:13 pm

1971ford wrote:
427blackpearl wrote:that should be on all our trucks as far as i know from the factory
well some had a hard vinyl with woodgrain through the middle, and others had a vinyl like material with a vertical wood grain in the ranger xlts. they are quite a few different panels for these trucks from the factory.

Those vinyl panels are on top of the steel door panel.

69twotone · Post by **69twotone** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:56 pm

I have found differences based on the panel regarding the holes drilled in the door. My 69 metal panel with a vinyl covering and wood grain would not fit on the 71 doors currently on my truck that had the 71 vinyl panel.
However I believe that if the holes were drilled differently it would fit. THe panels are both the same size but the 71 is vinyl only with no metal behind it.

kaptnkaos · Post by **kaptnkaos** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:41 pm

My '68 CS came with metal ones with the metal chrome trim.
My '71 CS came with the fiberboard panels covered with black vinyl with plasitichome trim...

I'm pretty sure that that it depends on which trim package you have, and what was ordered by the dealer / original purchaser.
Based on observation it seems that...
The base model got plain metal panels w/o trim,
The custom cab got metal panels w/ metal chrome trim
The Ranger and Ranger XLT models got various styles of vinyl covered w/or w/o wood paneling.
I think the '70 and newer models had mostly the vinyl ones in the Custom Cab packages regardless of the model...
Again, let me state that this assumption is based on observation...
I've not been able to find any documentation on this subject...

KaptnKA

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rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:24 pm

My sport custom had vinyl with plasti-chrome trim.
the ranger xlt i had had vynal with vertical woodgrain around the window crank arwea and plasti-chrome trim.

and the doors off of a 69f100 had the metal panel w/o any trim.

427blackpearl · Post by **427blackpearl** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:58 pm

weather it had vinyl or plastic or wood depending on model, i believe it still had a steel panel under the vinyl or plastic and it should be body color.
i didnt like the after market plastic ones from n.p.d. so i found a set of the metal ones and painted them the color of the plastic ones

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:42 pm

both of my 72's and more than likely my 70 had just the door behind the peannel no metal besideds the door. shell perhaps they changed it in 70?

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