1974 NOS doors.

[Pokeyman]

Are NOS factory doors available for a 1974 C20 Pick up? If no, what is a resonable value if I find a pair? Thanks.

 

[Turbo4whl]

When I went to buy factory doors for my '74, they were already out of production. I got the later doors, easy to tell, they have the key slots down low for mounting the later door panels. They were also discounted, $230 marked down to $200 each. This was about 30 years ago, if someone still has factory new doors, I would guess above $500 or $600.

 

[Bennyt]

Only NOS once and I can conceivably see someone paying $750. After that, reworking a good used or aftermarket would be a better off as the doors weren't perfect originally to begin with and the aftermarket isn't that bad

 

[edgephoto]

I bought an NOS door for my 1987 V3500 restoration project. I paid $1000 for it. In hind sight I should have bought a clean used door.

 

[bucket]

I bought an NOS door for my 1987 V3500 restoration project. I paid $1000 for it. In hind sight I should have bought a clean used door.

Damn. I have a couple NOS doors that I've never used yet. Maybe I should just sell them and reinvest some profit into nice used doors. 1k each would definitely be worth the hassle.

 

[cadillac_al]

There is a set in Maine for $1000 for the pair. that seems high enough.

 

[Grit dog]

Are NOS factory doors available for a 1974 C20 Pick up? If no, what is a resonable value if I find a pair? Thanks.

Being you’re in or near the rust belt, I can see why you’d be looking for NOS parts as there probably aren’t many clean used body parts available.
Looks like someone one state over has a set for you though maybe.
But seriously, unless your budget and plan is like the most high end resto ever seen, I would 100% first consider good used doors if you can find them in a reasonable distance, or quality repop doors if the first option runs dry.
$500 a pop for now ain’t too bad if you don’t have to ship them also.
But $1-2k in bare doors could go a long ways towards other parts and materials. JMO, but I’m cheap.
I’d honestly be thinking more about a road trip for big parts of if I was restoring a rusty car.

 

[edgephoto]

I don't like aftermarket sheet metal. It is never the same despite the claims.

Since I am paying someone to do the body work. The NOS door made sense because I did not have to pay the extra couple hours labor to clean, blast and prep the used door.

 

[TotalyHucked]

90% of the time, NOS stuff doesn't fit any better than aftermarket. Half the time, NOS just means it wasn't good enough to go on a truck on the line lol. Y'all would never believe me if I told you about some of the absolute JUNK NOS parts we've bought over the years

 

[bucket]

90% of the time, NOS stuff doesn't fit any better than aftermarket. Half the time, NOS just means it wasn't good enough to go on a truck on the line lol. Y'all would never believe me if I told you about some of the absolute JUNK NOS parts we've bought over the years

While that may be true these days, I can assure you that 20+ years ago, that aftermarket stuff was absolute steaming dog sh¡t compared to the GM stuff.

 

[TotalyHucked]

While that may be true these days, I can assure you that 20+ years ago, that aftermarket stuff was absolute steaming dog sh¡t compared to the GM stuff.

Oh I know. Some of the aftermarket stuff still is bad but most of it has come way up in the last 10+ years. And what's left of NOS now really is junk 90% of the time. Heck, we have an NOS '70 Dart bumper in our showroom that might as well be silver the chrome is so bad lol

 

[bucket]

Oh I know. Some of the aftermarket stuff still is bad but most of it has come way up in the last 10+ years. And what's left of NOS now really is junk 90% of the time. Heck, we have an NOS '70 Dart bumper in our showroom that might as well be silver the chrome is so bad lol

The trick is to find the NOS stuff from the 70's and 80's, not the last run stuff that was boxed up in the 90's.