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Old 09-25-2018, 06:05 AM
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For this kind of money you would think they would have used a 70 drivers door on the restoration and not a 71, 72 drivers door and under coating in the rear wheel wells. Unless i'm wrong on the under coating being there
What are the differences between 70 and 71-72 doors?

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Old 09-25-2018, 06:39 AM
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The side view mirror on 71-72 is set further back on the door compared to 70 which is closer to the front fender

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Old 09-25-2018, 02:21 PM
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The side view mirror on 71-72 is set further back on the door compared to 70 which is closer to the front fender
Ahh, I never knew that!

I've seen some GTO's with mirrors farther back, but never made the connection that the 71-72 cars were like that from the factory.

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