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[AUSMHLY]

The doors are interesting, I don't think they are from a BJ8 as the door capping seems to be lower than those found on the convertibles. And I too would like to see how the roadster screen fits up to the winding window quarter vents.

Good eye pan!
You are correct that the finishing piece on the top length of the door is not what would be found on a wind up window door.

It's interesting that the door has a wind up window, which needs all the metal bracing in the door, that the window track needs to get screwed to. You would not find the needed braces in doors without wind up windows. And yet the door that is on the car has a thin trim finishing piece on the top of the door, and if it was attached to a roll up window door, you would see the large area of flat sheet metal that the larger chrome finisher would have hidden.

 

[Rob Glasgow]

Because the doors have BJ8 handles, windup windows and what appears to be padded panel tops, could the top of a BJ8 door have been modified (cut down) to match the older body profile? If they cut off the top few inches of the BJ8 door, would the window still wind all the way down or would the top of the window project above the door? I think if would be very difficult to install windup mechanism in an side screen door.
I too would like to see some close-up photos of how the vent frame meets the windshield frame.
If I not mistaken, there was another photo of a roadster converted to roll up windows posted on the forum some months ago. Wonder if it's the same car?

 

[HealeyRick]

Well! The things you guys get up to over there! The doors are interesting, I don't think they are from a BJ8 as the door capping seems to be lower than those found on the convertibles. And I too would like to see how the roadster screen fits up to the winding window quarter vents. <span style="font-weight: bold">I've seen some "bodgie" cars but I've never seen one with alloys on the front and wires on the back axle!</span>

Indeed, it's much easier to go the other way, and why you'd see so many cars with 15" Buick rims on the back during the 60s-70s.

Alloys or steel wheels on the back were used to prevent the V8 torque from snapping wire wheels, were the result of an American rear axle swap, to allow the use of wider rims and tires out back for traction or all of the above. This one reminds me when FWD Japanese cars started becoming mainstream in New England. Every once in a while you'd spot one with snow tires on the back, but not on the front.

 

[elrey]

Does the BN7 use the same length door as the BT7?

 

[why]

I agree that the numbers not matching on the engine is not even worth worrying about, seems like a good buy. Call Wayne Carlini of that show on Velocity, I am sure he can spiff it up and get it on the lawn at Pebble.
Jay
'65 3000

 

[joeekrub]

The previous owner swapped it with what seems to be a genuine cobra motor.

Get me the motor/serial number of the engine in your car and I will find out what you really have in there.

The motor number is stamped into the bottom lip of the block and is located above the starter motor.

Tim

Tim,

here are the numbers off the block. Doubt it's anything special. But figured I'd post it anyways

Thanks

 

[AUSMHLY]

joeekrub,

If you get a chance, would you post a couple photos of how the windscreen joins the quarter light (vent window).

Some of us are curious to see how that was done.

 

[HealeyRick]

Tim,

here are the numbers off the block. Doubt it's anything special. But figured I'd post it anyways

Thanks

The numbers match up to a 1965 Ford 289 block, but they won't tell you whether it's a K-code (the hi-po motor) It's worth doing some further research as a genuine K-code can be worth about $10,000 to a restorer. Here's some guidelines what to look for: https://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/mump...ne/viewall.html and https://www.hipomustang.com/images/hipoeng/

 

[joeekrub]

joeekrub,

If you get a chance, would you post a couple photos of how the windscreen joins the quarter light (vent window).

Some of us are curious to see how that was done.

Sorry guys. Been meaning to do that for you all. Will have it posted tomorrow morning for sure

 

[joeekrub]

Pics as promised. Interested to see what you guys say

 

[TimK]

That's definitely a BN7 windshield. Interesting cobbling to match up with vent windows, or are the cobbled too?

 

[joeekrub]

Any other opinions? She's finally up and running

 

[Rob Glasgow]

Those certainly looks like windscreen posts for a BN7/BT7. I don't have roll up windows so I don't know if the vent windows have been modified from the original shape. If they have been modified to match the BN7 windshield, they look like they did a good job.
Would someone who has roll up windows care to comment about whether the vent windows have been modified?
If adding late model rollup windows to a roadster was as simple as mounting the late model doors, I think we would have seen quite a few conversions. Although I think it's quaint that my BT7 has sidescreens, I would love the connivence of roll up windows and might consider the adding them if the conversion was fairly simple. But then again, I wouldn't be able to tell people I drive a 'roadster'.

 

[AUSMHLY]

The doors look like stock BJ8 doors. The window track, ventwindow (quarterlight) looks stock, unmodified.

It looks like the top of the quarterlight does not meet the top of the windscreen post. That might mean that the top of the side windows may also not meet the convertible top.

What model convertible top frame came with the car?

Have you had the top up? Do the side windows meet the top?
You may find a large gap there. If so, you may have to get creative in using something to seal that gap. Good times ahead, an adventure.