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Fordlover
Jun 08, 2018Explorer
Powerdude wrote:
Hey, you can take those burned out steel shells, reinstall the hardware, paint them, and they'll be as good as new.
A friend of mine got a burned out door shell from a junkyard way back. He just reinstalled all the rubber and plastic parts, the glass, re-painted it, and it was fine !
Can't do that with an aluminum door.
Jeesh, seems like a bit of a reach doesn't it? Is that really how you make your vehicle purchase decisions?
..Well gee let's see, if Brand A catches on fire and is a total loss, the junk yard will be able to sell the tailgate and fender, so that the truck can live on in the form of some other cobbled together disaster project. Brand B would melt to be unusable, so I should get brand A. :W :B
Either way, it's not uncommon for the door shells to be attached to the frame with epoxies and sealants, and sound deadening material, which would be very unlikely to survive a fire. It wouldn't bother me to salvage a door from a 1970's Chevy, but anything modern? no thanks, Burn, burn to the ground I say.
Here is a bit of video for those who struggle with the concept of metal weakening before it hits melting point, or those of us who some time might have elapsed since materials class in college.
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