hi guys, what goes in first?

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I'm pretty sure the door locks go in first / come out last.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Yep I did all the locks and mechanisms before moving onto the window parts.
It's very hard to do the other way as the glass can get in the way of fitting the handle.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

110% correct. PITA if you do it the other way. Would never dream of it.

A little hint I will give you,, assemble the inner parts to the door while it is not yet attached to the car... assemble it on a bed and or bed sheet. Then have helpers left/hold/ position the complete door in place to attach to the body.

Some will argue with me here to do it the other way around, and put the door on first as it's lighter without the stuff inside etc.. HOWEVER from personal experience I have found that too much fiddling around of putting gear into the door, and the chrome surrounds and plates you can damage the hinges on the car from forcing up and down putting these things on..

my 2 cents anyway..

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!