A. O. Smith door?

[Tony S.]

Riddle me this Batman. Is the C2 door in the attached photo an A. O. Smith door?

Thanks!
Tony

[Scott S.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

Yes!.............................................. .

[Wayne M.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

..... Is the C2 door in the attached photo an A. O. Smith door? ...

Tony -- Yes; your middle two rivets are large flat heads. For St.Louis, all four in this area are pop-rivets.

[Tony S.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

Thanks guys for the confirmation. It's always great tapping into the brain trust.

[Joe C.]

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Now, you have to add to that the method of ID-ing a St.Louis body versus an AO Smith body.

Hint: This determination can not be made for Corvettes with power windows.

[Tony S.]

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Joe, are you talking about the St. Louis "dot"?
Tony

[Page C.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

I have seen the dimple in the front door jam for both St. Louis and AO Smith cars. In fact my AO Smith couple has the dimples.
Also if you scroll down to the simliar threads at the bottom of these post you will see a photo I posted sometime back of the interior metal structure of a AO Smith door. All the internal metal in an AO Smith door is primed in the greenish shade of primer verses the metal in St. Louis doors which are in black primer. This also includes the 2 removable access panels covered by the door panel.
Page Campbell

[Philip C.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

Riddle me this Batman. Is the C2 door in the attached photo an A. O. Smith door?

Thanks!
Tony

UNLESS its a 1963 door than it could be a St louis Phil 8063

[Wayne W.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

UNLESS its a 1963 door than it could be a St louis Phil 8063

If it was a 63 door, it certainly would be a St. Louis door, but in this case, yes, it is an AOS.

There are many ways of determining whether a body was done at AOS or St. Louis. This is just one, but, looking at doors is not conclusive as doors can be changed.

[Dino L.]

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This thread is interesting....what was the door jamb dot originally used for? Did that represent the cutout point for PW slot?

Also what other means besides trim tag info identifies the AO smith versus St Louis bodies?

[Joe C.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

This thread is interesting....what was the door jamb dot originally used for? Did that represent the cutout point for PW slot?

Also what other means besides trim tag info identifies the AO smith versus St Louis bodies?

There are many others, most of which involve method of metal parts priming. All of which can be duplicated on a restored car.

[Philip C.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

If it was a 63 door, it certainly would be a St. Louis door, but in this case, yes, it is an AOS.

There are many ways of determining whether a body was done at AOS or St. Louis. This is just one, but, looking at doors is not conclusive as doors can be changed.

The photo ONLY shows the door edge, Phil 8063

[Wayne W.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

The photo ONLY shows the door edge, Phil 8063

I understand that, but all 63s were St. Louis.

[Joe C.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

The photo shows a Corvette door with 2 flat head and 2 pop rivets under the dogleg weatherstrip.

If all St.Louis Corvette doors used 4 pop and no flat head rivets under the dogleg weatherstrip,

and all 1963 Corvettes had bodies manufactured in Missouri,

then the door pictured in the photo could not be a 1963 Corvette door.

[Scott S.]

Re: A. O. Smith door?

Sometimes the hinge box inside the door becomes loose. At first, one would think that this was due to sloppy hinge pins. The hinge box is affixed to the door with bonding adhesive and additional large flat head rivets. The box is installed before the outer door panel goes onto the door frame. so internal repair requires the skin to come off. These large rivets can be changed with 1/4-20 weld studs with flat heads. The weld studs look like rivets.
Scott