[Amc-list] Dashes and doors, was,Re: Ambassador for sale

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I would be very surprised if said doors would close at all, going either way.
In fact, if I get to it while restructering my pile I will hold a 63-64 door up to a 65 and see what really happens.
I have a doorless 65 hardtop sitting out in the field and a good American door that is the same as the 63-64 Classic and Ambassdor used, except for the window frame.
  I do agree with Frank on dash choice. If it actually fits a 63-64 dash with out pad is a nice cleaner layout and you don't have to fiddle with the cracked pad.
  Uh anyone have a 63-64 steel dash, complete :] Now he's got me thinking, I've got two complete 65 dashes both have soem minor cracking of pads. It might be a good time to go retro on the dash! I'd love a measuremnt on one if anyone has one out. Width is probably the biggest issue. If the glass is the same the curve should be right too.
  Does a sedan use a different dash then a hardtop or conv???

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
> Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM wrote:
> > All sheet metal, including the dash, will interchange between 63-66
> > Classic and Ambo models. There are some caveats -- the change in
> > exterior sheet metal and the extended front end of the 66-67 Ambo means
> > some parts won't interchange and some just won't look right even though
> > they will (a 65 door will bolt right up to a 63 and work, but...).
> <snip>
> 
> This is either misleading or wrong depending upon how you look at it. 
> For 1965 and 1966 (at least, I don't know much about 63 and 64), the 
> exterior sheet metal is very different between an Ambassador and a 
> Classic. The front end stuff is too long (Ambo's have a 4 inch stretch 
> between the door and wheel well) and the quarters are significantly 
> different due to tail light differences. I would say the easy 
> interchanges would be the doors (unless the body lines are different), 
> trunk lid, and the roof. You could probably make the bumpers work but 
> they would be very out of place. It is fair to say that these models are 
> structurally the same from the firewall back and they obviously share 
> most of the same mechanicals (torque tubes and cross members are 
> different due to the stretch).
> 
> Matt
> 
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