Doors interchangeable

[abcdleines]

Are 73' doors interchangeable with 74' doors and vise a versa.

[tallman206]

Yes and no.

73 front doors have tapped receptacles for side view mirrors, 74s fronts have mirrors mounted on the front cowl and have no tapped holes on the doors.
Rear 73s and the fronts and rears on 74s can be exchanged, but you will have to swap out the outer door handle assemblies - rear handles do not have key locks, front handles have key locks. So, it depends . . .
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Jerry Henning
Southern Classic Works
St.Petersburg, Florida
1973 VW Type 181 with 616/33-6 powerplant
1962 356B-T6 Cabriolet Rustbucket

[oasis]

I always thought about putting the doors with the mirrors on the rear as a joke, but I ended up buying a '74.
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Now: 2003 New Beetle Turbo S / 1990 Single Cab Transporter / 2014 Tiguan R-Line 4motion / 2013 Tiguan S / 2002 Golf GLS TDI
Past: 1974 Thing Acapulco / 2009 Eos Komfort / 1997 Jetta GT / 2002 Cabrio GLX / 2002 Passat GLS / 1971 Super Beetle / 1993 EuroVan MV Westfalia / 1981 Pickup LX / 1985 Vanagon / 1986 Jetta GLI

[citroen]

Brother and I sometimes take the doors off his Thing and swap them with mine just for fun.