doors

turns out the bottom of my doors r no good.  I found 1992 doors in great shape.  no rust.  I have been told they will and will not work.  I need to know 1000% before I buy them.   r the 1992 the same as my 1985?  also anyone near NJ selling two good doors let me know. thank u

The vertical metal piece between the vent window and door window is wider on the later doors.

Do a "search" for: bullnose/bricknose doors. It was on 5/1/19.

Joe, they will fit the door opening in the cab.
That's the same.

As David points out, the vent window divider and the glass run itself are different, so you can't swap the guts of one door to another.

Also, at the lower rear of Bricknose trucks (I don't know about later '90's) the jamb sticks out and the door is indented,
Later doors can sit flush on early trucks, but not the other way around.

ArdWrknTrk wrote

Also, at the lower rear of Bricknose trucks (I don't know about later '90's) the jamb sticks out and the door is indented,
Later doors can sit flush on early trucks, but not the other way around.

I've actually seen them like this before. The door will be closed, but the bottom rear corner of the door will be sticking out a little bit.

However, I thought that some of them did actually fit. I've seen a lot of Bullnoses with the newer style mirrors and newer interior door panels, and always assumed that the whole door had been swapped...

I'm going to check my 1980 cab tomorrow. It has what I thought were Bricknose doors on it...it has the wider vertical bar beside the vent window. I didn't look to closely at them yet, but just assumed that the doors were swapped complete at some point.

When the Bricknose trucks moved the seatbelt retractor to the bottom of the B-pillar the retractor had a plunger that would retract the belt when the door opened.

There's a flat surface built into the jamb for that plunger to poke through.
The door has a corresponding dimple.

I'm not sure of the Aeronose trucks, so I can't say about '92>

Ok.  The doors I’m looking at r gutted.  I was going to have to use my windows and butterfly window and locks and handles.    Can all those stuff fit in the 1992 door?

snakebite8 wrote

Ok.  The doors I’m looking at r gutted.  I was going to have to use my windows and butterfly window and locks and handles.    Can all those stuff fit in the 1992 door?

They should as "whole" parts.
You CAN NOT mix-n-match the parts.
I believe all the bolt holes for the window parts should line up.

Do the doors have the regulators or you have to use yours?
I don't know of that part as I used my 81 regulators.
I had to replace the vent window assy. and the divider bars because of rot.
When I first got into the rebuild I found a set and bought them only 4 years latter finding out about the divider bars and vent window & roll up glass.
Skinny on top of the fat one

The fat ones are also longer


What I was dealing with

Dave ----

Does anyone recall what year Ford went to the dreaded cable release door handles?

For sure those wouldn't work with the Bullnose door cards.
Even my Bricknose ones don't fit well with a Bullnose dash, but if the handle is in a different place in '92 that's a showstopper.

His doors r 100 gutted. I would be using 100% of all my stuff from my doors

I think what Jim was hinting on is if the door used the cable they may not have the holes for the handle / rod type and / or the door may not be the same in that area to mount yours.

It might be best to take you door panel off and take a picture or 3 and see if the sheet metal the parts mount to are the same, holes can be drilled for
Dave ----

I am waiting for him so send me pics of the door.  when he does i'll post the pics.  thanks for the help everyone

According to this page on LMC it does look like 1992 was the year they went to cables.
But, if you have the little brace (12) where your handle pivots I think you'll be ok.

You can install the older rod style as a complete assembly, latch, rods and handle. I have done newer doors an my 1986 and my best friend just did the doors on his 1995 F350.

Are you saying your friend retrofitted his '95 doors with rod unlatching mechanisms, to get away from the cables that have the handle pivots tear through?
It's good to know these fit up to the '97 redesign.

Interesting. My Bronco has a 02/92 build date. And I’m pretty sure it has the rod.

Had to replace the cable on my 94 F250 and wondered what I had in the Bronco.

ArdWrknTrk wrote

When the Bricknose trucks moved the seatbelt retractor to the bottom of the B-pillar the retractor had a plunger that would retract the belt when the door opened.

There's a flat surface built into the jamb for that plunger to poke through.
The door has a corresponding dimple.

Jim,

You're saying that the Bricknose doors fit on the Bullnose cabs, correct?

I believe my 1980 Flareside has Bricknose doors on it. Can you tell from the picture below if this is a Brick door?

I do think so.
Are the dividers between vent and door glass wider than the other truck?

Here you can see the plastic 'button' that hits the seatbelt retractor.





That's retro-reflective tape on the door edge.

I'm trying to see if the lower corner of your door is indented like mine.

Hard to tell on my phone.

ArdWrknTrk wrote

I'm trying to see if the lower corner of your door is indented like mine.

It's not indented. It just has one little hump there, about an inch square. The doors on my '84 are the same. However, the doors do have the wider divider by the vent window from a Bricknose door. I know the doors are not original to the truck as they have the big 2" holes for the speaker conduits, and the truck did not have door speakers from the factory. They are likely aftermarket replacement doors, but how did they end up with Bricknose glass in them I don't know...lol. I'll have a better look at it tomorrow when I'm at work.