Was putting my strikes back on tonight and noticed that the AIM shows a strike with a shim behind it and then the anti-skid plates. Mine used a strike mounted directly on the anti-skid plates on both sides with no shim plates. the car was painted 30 years ago and showed overspray on the strikes and the area under the strikes was the original color so my guess is that the strikes had never been off, but that does not reconcile with the AIM. Did all cars thru 62 use the shim plates or did this design change and was nor reflected in the AIM? I would be interested in hearing from anyone who might be able to shed some light on this mystery, especially those with 60's around the Jan to Feb time frame. Thanks John
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Re: 60 door strikes
John -
Shim usage varied literally from car to car, based on door-to-quarter surface fit and the resulting variation from the lock on the door inner panel rear face to the striker surface on the quarter panel pillar surface. This dimension varied a lot, was measured on every car, and shims were used "as required" to properly position the lock tongue fore-aft in the striker. Some cars needed shims, and some didn't.- Top
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