Sorry, I misread, you did clearly say Omni/Horizon.  I don't know about the 
old stuff (over 25 years), only the newer.  ;-)   I have had 3 rampages, and 
2 Shelby Chargers, no 4 door.  My friend did have 2 horizons, one was nice, 
one was an ex used/abused Shriners clown car!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Salamone" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: SD> L body window parts needed


> >I believe doors are the same, fenders and cowl panel changed early 83 
> >model
>>year.  Probably when the 83½ Shelby Chargers came out.  Under hood, the
>>location of the washer bottle and fresh air intake for the a/c changed 
>>also.
>
> For my situation, being a four door instead of a two door that doesn't 
> apply. From what I did learn the inner door mechanism did change on the 
> 1980 and up models.
>
> The 1978-79 Omni & Horizons were pretty odd anyway and had alot of 1970's 
> style parts that weren't used on the 1980's models like a hard plastic 
> steering wheel, a different grille & tail lights, instrument cluster, 
> upper door panels, dashboard, fender mounted turn signal indicators, etc.
>
>>> Another possible fix might be to switch doors from a later
>>> model.  While it may be tough to find a set of clean donor
>>> doors, at least in the future the replacement parts could
>>> come from a larger base.
>
> That was a consideration, but overall the white paint still looks 
> amazingly good and the door is rust free (unlike most of the salvage yard 
> ones). I figure sooner or later someone will see a 1978-79 in a yard that 
> I can use the parts from. Plus the Omni doors are kind of a pain to change 
> anyway since the hinges are welded on and who knows if they didn't change 
> where those pieces lines up.
>
> David
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