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1st Generation 1964 1/2 - 1973 - Questions & general discussions that apply to a specific year => 1964 1/2 - 1965 => Topic started by: steve_f on August 22, 2010, 09:48:34 PM
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The glove box door on my May 15, 1965 SJ fastback has this strange bump in the middle just below the latch button. At first I thought that the previous owner somehow jammed something in the glove box that pushed out the door. The problem with that is that there is a corresponding bump, not a depression, on the inside of the door. I have no idea what could have caused this. Is the door really two pieces sandwiched together or is it all one casting? I don't know if I should leave it, or replace the door. It appears to be the original door. Thanks.
Steve
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Does anyone know if the GT glove box door was originally two pieces assembled together, or a one piece casting? Two pieces might explain the bump if something got in there in there during the assembly of the door. If it's one piece then I don't know how it got there.
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Doesn't look like a manufacturing defect, possibly damage?
The '65 GT glove box door was identical to the deluxe interior piece, simply sans the wood grain applique. It was a single casting.
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At first I thought it was damage. There are no cracks on either side though. If the door is a single casting then I have no ideas. If it was damage then I would think that one side would be dented in. Both the inside and outside of the door have a raised bump in the same place.
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Definitely is an odd-ball. I assume this is an original Ford part?
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As far as I can tell it looks like the original door. Since the door is a single casting could it have had an air bubble? I bought the car from the original owner's wife. He bought it new. I would have thought he would have had the dealer replace it if it was there when he bought it.
Added the pic of the part number
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Definitely an OEM door. One of those things that you might have to replace. Don't want to be the guy with the car that has a glove box "pimple" do you?! :o ;D
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Thanks Charles. I've definitely thought about replacing it. The car is pretty much an "early" GT survivor though so I have been trying to replace only what I need to.