Thread: FG Fairlane?
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Old 19-06-2013, 09:09 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by stevz View Post
Don't mean to sound like a naysayer but I can see this ending in tears. FG doors on a BF would have to be engineered and certified, then there would be a myriad of issues with fitment and sealing etc etc. Remember, an alteration like this would cost Ford tens of millions of dollars, it's no easy feat. Best of luck with it anyway.
I think what he will do, and what I would have done with enough time and money is to use the BF door frame, and transplant the FG outer door skin onto the frame. Would effectively have a smoothed out, flatter BF door with the updated handles, with no more door mould, and the FG contour/crease on the bottom edge of both side doors. He would then need to widen the car's floor pan or make a custom wide skirt, as BA/BF bottom edge of door curls in towards the skirt, while FG is slab-sided. The glass and upper part of door has to be BF-shaped to physically fit into BF shell.
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