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71 to 76 Cadillac Eldorado Door - Hard Top / Convertible Interchangeable?

Started by alex cat, January 21, 2020, 11:59:12 AM

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alex cat

I'm looking for a driver side door for my 74 Eldorado. I have found a door from a hard top but I want to be 100% sure it is interchangeable with the convertible door. When doing a search on car-part.com the doors for HT and C are listed separately but that could just be how the listing is and not mean anything. Does anyone know?

76eldo

I’m 99 percent sure that the door is the same but the door glass is diffeeent.

Not sure how you will find this out unless someone here has swapped them before.
Brian Rachlin
Huntingdon Valley, Pa
I prefer email's not PM's rachlin@comcast.net

1960 62 Series Conv with Factory Tri Power
1970 DeVille Conv
1970 Eldo
1970 Caribu (?) "The Cadmino"
1973 Eldorado Conv Pace Car
1976 Eldorado Conv
1980 Eldorado H & E Conv
1993 Allante with Hardtop (X2)
2008 DTS
2012 CTS Coupe
2017 XT
1956 Thunderbird
1966 Olds Toronado

Roger Zimmermann

According to the parts book, there is just one number for the 71-75 Eldorado doors. RH: 1662610, LH 1662611.
1956 Sedan de Ville (sold)
1956 Eldorado Biarritz
1957 Eldorado Brougham (sold)
1972 Coupe de Ville
2011 DTS
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The Tassie Devil(le)

When changing the door from a Coupe, make sure that you refit the brass wedge that is on the rear end of the old Convertible door.   You will need it.

Bruce. >:D
'72 Eldorado Convertible (LHD)
'70 Ranchero Squire (RHD)
'74 Chris Craft Gull Wing (SH)
'02 VX Series II Holden Commodore SS Sedan
(Past President Modified Chapter)

Past Cars of significance - to me
1935 Ford 3 Window Coupe
1936 Ford 5 Window Coupe
1937 Chevrolet Sports Coupe
1955 Chevrolet Convertible
1959 Ford Fairlane Ranch Wagon
1960 Cadillac CDV
1972 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe

MaR

I just swapped out my passenger door on my '74 convertible with a door from a '73 coupe. It will fit just fine, you will just have to swap out the door glass as they are different between the coupe and the convertible. You will also have to move your upper alignment striker from the old door to the new door.

'73 door:






Upper alignment striker on old door:






Old door off:






New door on: