Are '29 Briggs Fordor doors the same as '30 Briggs Fordor doors?

[30cabriolet]

I am trying to find door patch panels for my Cabriolet. The Cabriolet doors are modified from a '29 Briggs Fordor. On many of the vendors sites they show patch panels for a '30 Briggs Fordor. Are '29 and '30 doors the same?

[Marco Tahtaras]

Originally Posted by 30cabriolet

I am trying to find door patch panels for my Cabriolet. The Cabriolet doors are modified from a '29 Briggs Fordor. On many of the vendors sites they show patch panels for a '30 Briggs Fordor. Are '29 and '30 doors the same?

As Timothy said, yes. It's worth noting original Fordor doors with bad wood are quite common and therefore not worth much. I'll bet you can get one with a solid bottom for nearly the price of a patch panel. A patch from that will FIT and look right!

[30cabriolet]

Thanks guys and great idea Marco.

[Ross/Kzoo]

Marco, are you saying that the metal would/might be good even if the wood is bad?

[Marco Tahtaras]

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Originally Posted by Ross/Kzoo

Marco, are you saying that the metal would/might be good even if the wood is bad?

Absolutely!!! There are SO many Fordor bodies that have been scrapped or left untouched due to the difficulty of reconstructing the body. The bodies will literally collapse from rotted wood. Often the doors are set aside and the wood is rotted with no damage to the metal.

This is a Murray body that I made the door wood for many years ago. You can see what the rear door wood looked like. There wasn't a single rust hole or thin spot in any part of the sheet metal. What you see below is sheet metal before any body work (ever).