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[In2cruisers]

Picked up a late production 40 Kayline top and doors..... but doors look,,,well...I cant figure them out. The seller insisted they came off a 40, but the hinge points are top and bottom, rather than mid and lower line OEM doors

Thanks friends for your help

 

[hudyhue]

Post up some pics? Show us what ya got?

 

[JohnnyC]

do they have snaps long the front? older kayline doors needed to be snaped along the front ....on the tub and windshield frame

 

[JohnnyC]

pics of the kayline i'm talking about...pics from landcrusher909

do they look like these?

 

[In2cruisers]

do they have snaps long the front? older kayline doors needed to be snaped along the front ....on the tub and windshield frame

DING>>>DING>>>DING !!! We have a winner.

That is exactually what I have...for a while i was thinking I had a HEEP top.

So.... Where do you put the snaps on the body?? do I have to drill holes ???? (thats not going to happen)

AND where does the door mount to? ( top and bottom)

I just happen to have a set of old frames....I might just have the material swapped over

 

[65swb45]

AND where does the door mount to? ( top and bottom)

I just happen to have a set of old frames....I might just have the material swapped over

Chris, if you didn't like the first answer [to the snaps] you're REALLY not going to like the answer to the second. The lower hinge point consists of DRILLING a 1/2" hole IN THE ROCKER PANEL and letting the rod FLOAT in it, since the majority of the weight of the door hangs off the snaps.

This really is a relic of a dark era in the history of soft tops that those of us old enough to remember would like to forget about.

Best

Mark A.

 

[KY Longhunter]

I have some K-line 1/2 doors that mount in the original hinges.

I want to make some 1/2 doors out of a pair of hard doors and use the upper doors with them.

 

[In2cruisers]

Chris, if you didn't like the first answer [to the snaps] you're REALLY not going to like the answer to the second. The lower hinge point consists of DRILLING a 1/2" hole IN THE ROCKER PANEL and letting the rod FLOAT in it, since the majority of the weight of the door hangs off the snaps.

This really is a relic of a dark era in the history of soft tops that those of us old enough to remember would like to forget about.

Best

Mark A.

Hey Mark..

Man, what the #%*& were they thinking??? they really wanted you to drill all those holes??

The top and doors I picked look great....and the price was as good...Well, I have a set of old besttop frame I almost tossed a couple weeks ago...Ill have to run all this down to the local stitch-it shop and see if they cant meld the two

Thanks for info