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 > > > > > > > ___________REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING_________ > ShelbyDodge mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge > ___________REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING_________ ShelbyDodge mailing list [email protected] http://www.imagilist.com/mailman/listinfo/shelbydodge
