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| | | | Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 4 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 4 | Hi to everyone and thanks for allowing me into this forum. I have a 49 pickup that is a collection of parts between 49 and 52 and between. She is a cruiser and i dont really care about originality since my goal was to make a driver that i can take anywhere up here in Idaho and the northwest.
My dilemna is that i have a rust free 51 cab with a set of great 52 doors and am trying to figure out if they will work together without having to modify heavily or go to an expensive bear claw system. I have 51 strikers and the door closed but in reading other forums, it seems that there are some issues with them. I can find 51 and older doors and make them work but i prefer a vent window and push button doors. I also happen to have some old advertising on one of them that makes it special.
Any help from all of you would be welcome.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,441 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,441 | Welcome to Stovebolt. The proper place for this thread is the Paint and Body forum. You will get more responses there since not everyone comes to the Welcome forum.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Welcome to the site. You must have read the thread about the doors, they have their small differences but they will fit. I have a 52 door on one side and a 53 door on the other side. Very few people will ever know that and I don't really care. As Martin suggests, go to "paint and body" there is a sub-forum devoted to doors.
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"My dilemna is that i have a rust free 51 cab with a set of great 52 doors and am trying to figure out if they will work together without having to modify heavily or go to an expensive bear claw system. I have 51 strikers and the door closed but in reading other forums, it seems that there are some issues with them."
1952 doors should be used with 1952-1955st latches/catches.
The 1952 door should work fine on you 1951 cab, as long as you use 1952 or later (1952-1955-1st series truck) latches/catches.
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