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BARN DOORS
- Thread starter BAYBLAZER
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I looked into this...most definitive answer is that 83 has both, 84+ does not.
I wish mine did...
So you think that 83s has the barn door holes
I think so, but I never personally verified it. Most things I read said "early 80s" it changed. One guy said 85 is when they weren't dual patterned any more, another guy countered that his 84 had no barn door provisions. Lastly, someone on ck5 said 83 was the last year of both provisions. So that seemed to be the truth. Again, I have no hard facts.
You have a pic, now go look....
same here...
I think I'm the only person I kown that DONT like the barn doors on a burb. Lol. I wish my 88 had a tailgate. Had both.
Wish mine did also, so that I could put a tailgate on. Lol... never liked the barn doors. Thought I would till I had them. Wanted the tailgate back ever since. The window is the only bad part, but fixable. I've always been the odd one out though I guess lol
I guess both have their strong points. The barn doors make it easier to load after say, grocery shopping. The tailgate makes it easier to haul stuff like 2x4's or plywood...
My 85 barn door had no anything for a tailgate
I will check my 84 in the morning
I've read online somewhere 1978 was the last year GM designed the rear of the Suburbans to accept either barn doors,or a tailgate,simply by bolting them on,all the hinge mounts were there,and the floors were the same.....after that they changed the floor/sill area ,making a swap to barn doors not impossible--but requiring some decent bodyworking skills ,along with said section of the donor barn door-ed Suburban to graft into a "tailgate" Burb...
When I first bought my '85 Suburban,the fact it had a tail gate was a bit of a bummer,I prefer barn doors,loved them on my van--no power window to malfunction,no rattles,risks of busted glass,etc..
I was shocked to stumble across a pair of barn doors on a 80's burb the same color scheme as mine in a nearby salvage yard--I got the pair for 65 bucks because they had a bit of surface rust and pits--I removed every bolt,hinge,etc,and kept all the hardware...I was stoked!.
While I was stripping these parts,a worker was impatiently waiting in a forkloader,to scoop up the Burb and load it on a flatbed that was to haul it to the crusher..I picked THE day they decided to "crush out" many of the old vehicles to gain room..
..had I waited a day longer,it would have been scrapped already...
The guy who owns the yard told me he doubted I could just bolt on the barn doors,he didn't have an old Hollander interchange catalog that far back any more,but he was pretty sure GM changed things around 1978....and I asked if I could return them if they didn't pan out--he said he'd give me 50 bucks back (and he rarely does that for anyone)--or I'd get "yard credit" for some other parts in exchange..
Unfortunately he was right,I quickly saw the rear floor area on my burb was way different when I got home,and it lacked the spot for the hinges to bolt too also..(which would not have prevented me from welding them on,but when I saw the hassles involved modifying the floor,I said "screw that"--especially since the donor truck was already squished probably.--.and I brought the too good to be true doors back and got my 50 bucks back....
When I first bought my '85 Suburban,the fact it had a tail gate was a bit of a bummer,I prefer barn doors,loved them on my van--no power window to malfunction,no rattles,risks of busted glass,etc..
I was shocked to stumble across a pair of barn doors on a 80's burb the same color scheme as mine in a nearby salvage yard--I got the pair for 65 bucks because they had a bit of surface rust and pits--I removed every bolt,hinge,etc,and kept all the hardware...I was stoked!.
While I was stripping these parts,a worker was impatiently waiting in a forkloader,to scoop up the Burb and load it on a flatbed that was to haul it to the crusher..I picked THE day they decided to "crush out" many of the old vehicles to gain room..
..had I waited a day longer,it would have been scrapped already...The guy who owns the yard told me he doubted I could just bolt on the barn doors,he didn't have an old Hollander interchange catalog that far back any more,but he was pretty sure GM changed things around 1978....and I asked if I could return them if they didn't pan out--he said he'd give me 50 bucks back (and he rarely does that for anyone)--or I'd get "yard credit" for some other parts in exchange..
Unfortunately he was right,I quickly saw the rear floor area on my burb was way different when I got home,and it lacked the spot for the hinges to bolt too also..(which would not have prevented me from welding them on,but when I saw the hassles involved modifying the floor,I said "screw that"--especially since the donor truck was already squished probably.
--.and I brought the too good to be true doors back and got my 50 bucks back....You can actually buy the lower part where doors latch to from lmc and u just have to drill out couple spot welds then remove insert new one and your good but you still have to have the side cut out for it to work
My 84 has no extra holes anywhere
There that exta frame there you just pull that off think its glued in then the mounting should be under it
I hate tail gates.
Barn doors all the way.
Martin
Barn doors all the way.
Martin
I agree
