Thread: 1954 to 1958 door tops

It is my opinion that the date has little to do with this. Several of the above statements are in error, only the early 86 and 107 have dual plastic panes.
The drain holes are on the outside when the second bit that holds the window lock is on the door thus blocking the internal drain holes.
Thus I think any car that had door locks fitted ie my 1956 107" Ute and 1957 wagon both have the external drain holes. But my 1955 86" sold as a soft-top has internal drain holes all of the above have glass front panels in the door top and are original doors. I do not have access to a factory 86" wagon but some pics that I have seen clearly show the external holes.
It looks to be that at some stage may be the change to 88" this type of door was used even if door locks where not fitted.
As I would think these holes are for the Galvanising process inside or out was not important.
As a further point I do have a very early 1954 107 Ute that had all plastic windows and no door or window locks thus no external holes.
Dennis

Originally Posted by garrycol

Nope - doors come off in one piece but they have to be open past the 90 degree open position. If you check the mounting bracket there is a piece that stops them coming off when in the normal operating angles but when opened right up they just lift up.

Garry

Thanks - had them open all the way. Maybe the hinges were a bit bent - I had to tap the pins out with a drift. Was starting to worry I had done more damage by forcing them. Thanks for clearing it up.

The 1956 SWB Hardtop we have has 4 triangular drain holes, 2 inside and 2 outside on both doors. It is fitted with window locks as well as door locks and has fixed glass side windows with perspex sliding windows.
This vehicle is a one owner and is completely original except for the perspex sliding windows being replaced as the originals were no longer very transparent.
The doors lift off when fully opened as I think all 86" and 88" Series 1's do- not sure if 80" are similar when the door tops are on.
The one they used in the movie "the Gods must be crazy" must have had modified hinges to be able to be lifted off in the closed position!