In a message dated 9/14/06 5:45:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ccc1@VOLNY.CZ
writes:

> I've been told that an '85+ slider door WILL fit on an earlier van, if
> the latching pin & mounting plate on the rear edge of the door jam is
> also transferred (welded) to the recipient.  Can anyone verify this?
> I'm not saying that this is the easiest way to add the lock actuator

apparently not without great difficulty.  ask mark drillock..  he even went
as far as cutting the needed metal off a donor van to weld onto his '82, and
then ran into a snag..    i think the whole track is different.   well i know
for a fact the beltline track is different..

chris