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I just bought a 72 olds cutlass supreme 2 dr htp. The car was side swiped on the driver side and now I am in need of a drivers door. Any ideas of where I can get something. As far as I can tell they are obsolete including finding the skin by itself. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am located in Colorado.
Last edited by Jaymep81; September 13th, 2018 at 08:38 AM.
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Thank you Retro Ranger. I picked up this 72 u code with its original Powertrain in it. I thought it was worth saving. This is my first forum where do I post the add?
Welcome. Those parts have been dropped from the GM parts system for about 40 years now. Repro skins are available, as are good used OEM sheet metal. I'd try to find the latter first.
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Welcome to the site.
Originally Posted by Jaymep81
I picked up this 72 u code with its original Powertrain in it. I thought it was worth saving.
Absolutely it's worth saving. Very few 72 Cutlass models were built with the L75 RPO. You won't have problems finding the parts you are looking for. Plenty of guys here sell parts from dismantled cars. I remember back in the day that wasn't considered to be really bad body damage and it could be fixed by a body shop with a good tech and a BFH.
I remember back in the day that wasn't considered to be really bad body damage
It still isn't considered real bad body damage - it's just that you're economically better off to just hang a different door on it. If this were a car like my 67 Delta where parts were not as easy to find, I'd fix that.
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Originally Posted by joe_padavano
There is a nice pair of 1971 doors in the Parts For Sale section right now.
Here's the link for the OP since he's a newbie and may have some difficulty navigating the site BTW - to the OP - The 70-72 doors for your car are the same so the ones in the link will work fine. 71 Doors for sale
Thank you Retro Ranger. I picked up this 72 u code with its original Powertrain in it. I thought it was worth saving. This is my first forum where do I post the add?
Thank you for all the help I was worried I bought a car that was not worth saving.
This is JMO, but with the 442 being an option package in 1972, and available on 350-2BBL cars, the performance cars in 1972 were the U & V Code cars (and of course the X). Good luck with it.
Check with your state DMV to see if the car needs to have the correct VIN decal on the door. When I brought my '71 to Arizona that was one of the items in the vehicle inspection. It had been hanging on by one corner for years and I had thought about removing it during the paint job - I'm glad I didn't!
September 12th, 2018, 04:56 PM
