Interior Help 65-67

[centofanti]

I need help with this particular screw. Was this for the door panel and rear panel? If so how per side and what models was it use on?


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Thanks,
Michael

[markz]

If memory serves me correctly, my Mom's 65 Belvedere had them on the front door panels But how many I don't remember. Not used on door panels after 65 as far as I know.

[thebankerstoy]

As Mark said, those were not used on the 1966 or 67 Coronet door panels. The 66 and 67 front and rear door panels are held in place by wire clips that slide into the backside of the front and rear door panels and push through the aligning holes in the metal door and quarter panel interior sheet metal.

Richard

In this picture, you can see my 1966 Coronet 500's interior door sheet metal with the drivers side door panel removed. The door panel mounting holes are the ones in line where you see the thin line of brown adhesive that holds the plastic moisture guard sheet in place that is located between the sheet metal and the backside of the door panel. (moisture guard plastic is not in place in this picture) These holes are where the wire clips on the backside of the door panel pushes through and expand to hold the door panel in place.



This picture shows the door panel in place and there are no attaching screws in place like the ones you're asking about.



This picture shows the rear door panel in place.



A close up picture of the screw that holds the rear removable quarter panel sheet metal panel in place.



A picture of the wire clips that mount the front and rear door panels on the 1966 and 1967 Dodge and Plymouth B-Body cars to the door and quarter panel sheet metal. The "u" part of the clip slides into the door panel backboards and the the other end of the clip is pushed into the holes in the door and quarter panel sheet metal.

[honcho]

You got you some electric windows, must be nice and I am sure they work, I got the cranks but that is ok cause I bet it's hard as hell to find the motors when they burn up,but knowing you Richard,you have some new ones hidden away!!!!!!!

[ws27]

I think he has multiple in stock replacements!

[thebankerstoy]

Well Todd, you are very correct on a few things there and not so accurate on others!

(01) Yes sir, my 500 came with factory installed power windows and like you, I thought that it would be very cool to have them back in 1989 when I purchased the car.
(02) No sir, currently they are not in working order which isn't much fun here in Phoenix during the summer with temps well over a hundred degrees for months on end.
(03) The power window motors are easier to find than the power window switches, as several motors are interchangeable with slight modifications, but these particular switches were only used on the 1966, 1967 and 1968 B and C-Body cars.
(04) Yes sir, I do have a nice collection of nos and nice used motors and switches in my parts stash and also some nos sections of the wiring.
(05) After fighting to find and pay for all of these parts to keep the power windows going, I've seriously considered swapping the power windows out for the manual set up more than a few times!

Moral to this story? Having power windows in a 50 plus year old car is not nearly as much fun as it was when these cars were new! Enjoy those trouble free manual windows my friend!

Richard

[thebankerstoy]

I think he has multiple in stock replacements!

Rich my friend, I will always bow to you and your tremendous parts inventory! I am not I am not I am not

Richard