Oddly enough, I have a 47-50 door on one side and a 51 door on the other
side. The inside molding you're talking about is not as "deep" (width if
you're looking down at the moulding) on the 47-50 as it is on the 51. When
I originally looked at the doors I thought they looked the same and had
planned on getting the guts from a 51-53 door but now I'm going to have to
take some careful measurements because I see no real reason that the trim
should be so much thicker/deeper on the 51 door, but it is. I was surprised
when I took the moldings off and held them side by side. I would guess a
good 1/4" or so difference between the two. Of course, they might still
interchange because the window opening is the same shape, but I have no way
to check. And it wouldn't match the other door.
-Justin Earl
'51 Chevy 1 ton dually
Cartersville, GA
Hi Joe,
Thanks for the reply. Mine are not stainless, they
are painted on the viewable side and on the inside
where the felt was stapled is rusted. Do you happen
to know if the windows from the 47 - 50 are the same
shape as the 51 - 53? If so, I would like to just get
the ss mouldings, then notch them for the window vent?
Just took a look and the seams fine. One crack is
where the cutout is for the vent window. Who ever
welded the crack got it too hot....it has turned color
and is britle. It has a big bow where it was welded.
I would really like to replace them with the ss ones,
give it a nice polish to give it that nice chrome
look. The truck is a 53 deluxe cab but is missing a
lot of interior trim....
Jon
Mod 53 3100 Deluxe
--- joe <chevy1@jps.net> wrote:
> I've only ever seen the inner door moulding in SS on
> the 1947-1950 one piece
> door glass. I have two set's for my projects and
> that took a few years of
> hunting them down. They were both on deluxe cabs!
>
> Are you sure it didn't just crack in half at the
> factory weld seam? If it's
> not too bad you could have it rewelded and polished.
>
> The moulding on the 1947-1950 are the same "one
> piece door glass" and then
> the door switched in 1951 to add the vent wing
> window so the moulding is
> different. I've actually welded up the little notch
> on the moulding for the
> vertical glass channel guide to make one steel
> moulding up for a one piece
> door glass.
>
> Time to hit some swap meets!!!!
>
> Joe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stkcode <stkcode@yahoo.com>
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:16 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Inside Door Window Garnish
> Moulding
>
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Was the garnish moulding that went around the
> windows
> >on the inside of the doors the same for all 47 - 53
> >series 3100 trucks? I've noticed that some are s/s
> >while others are not, such as mine are not...is
> their
> >a reason why some are and some aren't? Maybe the
> >deluxe cabs mouldings where s/s and not the
> standard
> >cabs? One of mine is damaged, in fact, chopped in
> >half and someone poorly rewelded them back
> together.
> >I was looking at replacing both with s/s ones if I
> >could find them but I wanted to make sure that if I
> >get a set from an earlier year they will fit ok.
> Any
> >suggestions where to get them besides *bay at a
> decent
> >price and with no dents?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jon
> >Mod 53 3100 Deluxe
> >
> >
> >
> >=====
> >Jon
> >stkcode@yahoo.com
> >Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail -
> only $35
> >a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
> between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
> between 1941 and 1959
=====
Jon
stkcode@yahoo.com
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35
a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
|