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I bought some great barn doors for my '50 burb. I really like them for my usage. Clamshells ended up being beyond repair. My problem is this. The barn doors came from a panel. I have two sets of stops but they are too long. Can I cut them down and fit them or do I need the shorter stops? Anyone cut them to fit?

Tony, I've never cut any, or know anyone who has..but that don't mean they haven't.
Post in the Parts Wanted forum and keep and check e-bay. They come up fairly regular.

Tony, try fastening a bolt through the opening in the stop. By sliding the bolt through the slot, you can adjust how far open the doors go.

Thanks Achipmunk. I'll post in Parts Wanted if no one has worked a pair of these.

I'll look at that one in the daylight. I think it will work but the arm being longer may not fit the indentation at the top of the door.

Tony, are you sure the door stops are 47-55?

I think that 47-55 Panel rear doors should be interchangeable with 47-55 Suburban with rear doors.

The Panel vs Suburban stops were different but the doors were, I think, the same.

Well, almost the same: at some time the light wiring contact/conduits changed, and some/all Suburbans came with stainless-steel trim around rear door windows (I am not sure if Panels had that SS trim).

Thanks for the reply tclederman. I got one set with the doors loose and the other set I removed from a 47-53 panel in a MD junkyard. They are identical in length. But when the door is shut, the bracket doesn't fold into the recess/indentation at the top of each door and hits the top. That makes me think there must be a difference in length between panel and burb stops.

OK, tonymus53. Maybe someone will have an answer,

Sorry about my questioning.

Maybe the stops have been bent?

The Deluxe Panel came with SS trim around rear barn door windows.

On 55.2-59 (known as TF) Panels have different door checks than suburbans. Panels have a slotted check with rubber bumper which allows opening 3/4 or full, so as to load cargo. Suburbans have a two bar pivot check with no bumper which allows 3/4 only. I don't know about AD (47-55.1). I would imagine that if AD had two different checks, either should fit the door pocket. I would imagine the burb checks would be shorter than panel like they are on TF. If they don't fit a stock door they are probably wrong. You could have a pair from a Ford or a TF. They look almost the same. Whatever they are, if they are old, they are reasonably rare and I would NEVER modify them. I would figure out what they are and sell them and buy the correct ones.

As posted above, A-D (47-55) Panel and Suburban rear door stops were different. The Suburban stops did not allow as close a back-up to a loading dock.

That is a negative on my '51 Suburban. It didn't come with trim around the rear window.

I think the stainless around the rear windows was '54-55.1 only.

For Suburban or both 54-55.1 Deluxe Panel trk and Suburban.

MPC Door Check Support illustration
And part page below.
MPC Check, Door Group # 16.430
Some Bumper parts above that Group # also.

This might be the rear door window Stainless steel moulding.
MPC Moulding back window glass Grp # 16.475

Thanks Bartamos. I won't cut anything. Let me do some more investigating on differences with the AD checks then. Maybe someone can send me a pic of their own checks if they have them on a burb.

Thanks Jorb. My checks look like those in the drawing. However, they don't show a different part # for panel and burb use?

Mark. I checked your gallery pics. You have a clear pic of checks for the AD burb. Now I see the difference and know what to look for! Thanks.

Are you looking for the part numbers for the stops: Section 16.430

Note: 47-55st Panel and Suburban Rear/Back Doors are the same: Section 16.160

47-55st Panel and Suburban rear door stops should work on all 47-55st Panel and Suburban rear doors.

Your welcome! If you need more, let me know!

Thanks Tim. I will check part numbers with what I have already.

This topic is interesting because I learned something.

#1. 47-55 1st Panel and Suburban L/R rear back doors are the same. Group # 16.160

#2. There is a different Door Stop/Check for Panel and Suburban. Group 16.430
.....47-55 1st Panel
.....50-55 1st Suburban (I believe in 1950 rear back doors were offered for the AD Suburban)

#3. 47-57 Panel rubber Bumper for the Stop/Check is listed under
.....Group # 16.437 Pin Door Check Link,
.....47-57 BUMPER, rear door check, part # 371890
.....Only in the 1929-1957 Chevrolet Master Parts & Accessories Catalog

Additional pictures:
1954 shop manual Panel Bodies
Page 1
Page 2

MNSmith, 1951 Chevy Suburban Door Stop/Check pictures
Door Stop/Check 1
Door Stop/Check 2

It is interesting that they made two types of Door Stops/Checks for Panel and Suburban.
I am not sure if the mounting holes are the same though.

Thanks for the Education.

Did you see what year the panel doors' method of routing electrical leads to the rear lamp changed from metal-to-metal contacts (door-to-body) to a spring-like conduit through-which the leads/wires were run to the stop/brake/marker lamp?

I cannot find those parts in the MP&AC.

Thanks Jorb for the clarification and the good pics!

Interesting question Tim. I have the spring-like conduit on my '53. When Jim Carter saw it, he took a photograph, hadn't seen them before.

I found the metal-to-metal contacts in the 1929-1957 MP&AC.
Group # 2.447
37-51 Switch Tail and Stop Lamp parts numbers 594904 and 594905

1952 was year, they went to spring-like conduit.
I can't find the spring-like conduit in MP&AC though.
It is in the FAM.
Wire Assy. 5299935
sec.12, sheet 15.021 and 15.002

As always, Thanks jorb

Good recommendation, bartamos