Hi I've been hit in the rear door of my 1982 Oldsmobile custom cruiser. I was wondering if the rear doors on a sedan would work ? (impala, caprice, delta88 ....) thanks for your help
All 1980-1990 B-body wagons use the CHEVROLET sheet metal from the firewall back. The Custom Cruiser doors do NOT interchange with Olds sedan doors, however any 1980-90 GM B-body wagon doors will work.
I don't think 77-79 doors will work, the body lines are slightly different, and if it was a front door the door lock is in a different location. Also all the door seals are different so I am 99.9% sure the door shape is different.
The rear doors in the sedans don't match the rear doors in wagons because the sedan doors have a more steeply-cut angle to the back side of the window frame. You have to have the same wagon doors. Having said that, Joe is right--the '80 to '88 wagon doors from the GM intermediate lines will fit. The wagons are out there; I was a two junkyards this weekend and saw several GM intermediate wagons between them.
My BIG problem is that I'm living on the wrong side of the ocean ... so it's really difficult to get those doors.
And the OP has a FULL SIZE Olds Custom Cruiser, not an intermediate. Answer: You need a rear door from any full-size GM wagon built during that period.
Good point. I was focused on the years and totally missed the "intermediate". Once again, scroll up to post number 2 in this thread, where I said:
Joe, how do you like your F-85's? A '63 F-85 Cutlass post coupe was my very first car, back in 1969. Had the high-compression 4-barrel 215. Wouldn't mind owning another... there's this wagon, but it's a bit spendy... http://www.cars-on-line.com/79819.html
A "bit" spendy? The asking price is at least twice the high end of the market! Good luck to that seller. I like the cars because you never see them. I get a lot of comments at cruise night. Of course, parts are tough to find, and the 1963 cars have a lot of one-year-only sheet metal and steering/suspension/brake parts.
Didn't realize this. Obviously, I knew that most of the lower sheet metal was different, but I assumed the suspension parts were the same. I didn't keep the little Cutlass all that long, because a very nice '64 Pontiac Ventura came along......
