Attention 68 owners

[William H.]

How many, if any, have spring loaded storage comparment doors behind the seats?

[Brett W.]

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I have a early 68. No springs on any of mine.

[Dan M.]

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Mid June 68 car with no springs in doors.

[William H.]

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I have a early 68. No springs on any of mine.

Brett,
What is the build date of your car?

[John C.]

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William

My April built car has the springs on the storages doors.

John

[Jack C.]

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My January 22 Built has the springs.

[Henry J.]

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My February-built car has the springs.

[Jim T.]

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My 68 BEB built convertible has springs on the doors and my center compartment door is plastic and has a bow effect. Have thought about removing it and placing a cinder block on top of it in the driveway and see what happens on a hot summer day to flatten it.

[Jack C.]

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Jim, that's funny. Mine is bowed as well.

My 68 BEB built convertible has springs on the doors and my center compartment door is plastic and has a bow effect. Have thought about removing it and placing a cinder block on top of it in the driveway and see what happens on a hot summer day to flatten it.

[William H.]

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My 68 BEB built convertible has springs on the doors and my center compartment door is plastic and has a bow effect. Have thought about removing it and placing a cinder block on top of it in the driveway and see what happens on a hot summer day to flatten it.

I have that same plastic door and the bow. Late Dec build.

[Henry J.]

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My 68 BEB built convertible has springs on the doors and my center compartment door is plastic and has a bow effect. Have thought about removing it and placing a cinder block on top of it in the driveway and see what happens on a hot summer day to flatten it.

Jim:

It is interesting about your car's center compartment door. My car's center compartment door is fiberboard, just like the outboard ones. I think my car (#11552) was built on the same day (or near enough) as yours. For this reason, I have long used your posts as a model of how my car should be configured!

[Terry B.]

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Would someone who has the spring loaded door(s) take a few pictures of the spring and its' position on open and closed? Has anyone duplicated the spring? This will be a winter project. I'm sure mine had it originally but not now.

Thanks,

Terry

[Lawrence M.]

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Jim:

It is interesting about your car's center compartment door. My car's center compartment door is fiberboard, just like the outboard ones. I think my car (#11552) was built on the same day (or near enough) as yours. For this reason, I have long used your posts as a model of how my car should be configured!

Chevrolet had a Technical Service Bulletin on "hard to open moulded plastic center compartment stowage door". It states "the moulded plastic door was replaced with a rigid masonite door on vehicles produced after 1/15/68." The bulletin is # 68-T-57 dated July 12, 1968. The bulletin instructed dealers to use masonite door part # 3941908 and retainer # 3937912 to correct customer complaint vehicles.

Larry

[Brett W.]

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Brett,
What is the build date of your car?

There is a date of 5/6/68 on the underside of the back deck. Right above where back window is stowed. Forgive me if this is not a good date.

[Reba W.]

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I think that you will find all this info about the doors (and more) in the 1968-69 TI&JG available from the NCRS office.