DOOR PANELS
Several changes were done to the door panel styling from 1968 to 1993,
but they are all interchangeable, provided their corresponding internals
go with them too. (And provided you dont
try to fit a 2/3 door panel into a 4/5 door car...) All front doors
have a pocket (doorbin) that will
not only carry a map and a pack of chewing gum, it will swallow half a
case of coke.
The 4/5-door 99 and 900 all used the same recepie, a vinyl clad compressed paper with cloth above the armrest (as of m78), which evolved in terms of design over the years.
On the 2/3 door's, two very different door
panels were available.
- All 2-door 99, 90, and 900's (exept EMS+TURBO)
had a vinyl clad compressed paper panel, with the door latch release handle
hidden away under the armrest. I use to play practical jokes on people
unfamiliar with this. When we arrive at our destination, I tell them to
open the door, quickly!!, and watch the panic arise, as they fail
to find the door latch. Noughty me!
Replace this door panel with one from a 3-door.
- All 3-door 99 and 900's (and 2-door EMS+TURBO) had a one-piece moulded door panel with the door latch release handle sensibly placed above the armrest, right behind the window winder handle. (If there is one)
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