My 2 door 79 Century needs doors. I have a two door 78-80 Regal and Cutlass found but don't know if they interchange. Anyone?
78-80 Cutlass and Regal doors interchange?
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IIRC, for body panels, Chevrolet and Pontiac exchange, and Buick and Olds exchange. I put Pontiac doors on the Malibu wagon 25 years ago.
Century doors only. '78-'79 A87 p/n 20055462 RH, 20055463 LH. '80 A87 p/n 20175246 RH, 20175247 LH. Both sets interchange. If you could find good door skins you should be able to reskin the others to fit.
i say no, but will be gladly be wrong if others say so.
i say this because i tried replacing the RH sport mirror on my 78 salon with a sport mirror from a calais/supreme/regal but the mirror sat at an odd angle. also, if you look at the profile of the door, it is more arched than the calais/supreme/regal and the front fender cutout profile is different.
i would love to be wrong cause i have a couple sets of calais/supreme/regal doors.
now i have seen your body work skills on the salon, and the salon profiles are the same as the cutlass wagon, cutlass ls, and similar bucks. is it possible to to make the doors from doors off of a 4 door cutlass or buick?
joe
i say this because i tried replacing the RH sport mirror on my 78 salon with a sport mirror from a calais/supreme/regal but the mirror sat at an odd angle. also, if you look at the profile of the door, it is more arched than the calais/supreme/regal and the front fender cutout profile is different.
i would love to be wrong cause i have a couple sets of calais/supreme/regal doors.
now i have seen your body work skills on the salon, and the salon profiles are the same as the cutlass wagon, cutlass ls, and similar bucks. is it possible to to make the doors from doors off of a 4 door cutlass or buick?
joe
I may have to recant my reply. Can't find any p/n listings for Olds A87 doors. Need a Olds parts catalog for '76-'81 published before '86 to see about crossing the p/n's. Might want to compare contours of the Salon before she is fulling set at her new home.
Crossing of all parts, door edge guards, the Buick & Olds A87 uses the same set based on trim level. I'm using p/n 20160801 RH, 20160802 LH.
I will change my opinion to they will interchage for A87 bodies. Any '78-'80 should do.
I will change my opinion to they will interchage for A87 bodies. Any '78-'80 should do.
From what I've found for my own Century is the Cutlass Salon should have the same door as the Century. The difference I have found is the body line on the door and only the Salon and Century have that body line.
I try to check with all interchangeable parts/sub assemblies to cross reference all parts. A simple note on that is door edge guards are specific to each door design. As for getting 100% interchange I can't find a older published Old '76-'81 catalog to do a full cross.
According to my 1981 Mitchell crash book, the Salon doors are the same part # as the Century doors. Like has been stated, the non-aero doors are different
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