door fitment 62 doors on 57 bug

[fire beetle]

I have a euro 57 oval and the doors are all rusted out, I cant find any 57 doors locally but I did find some out of a 62, other than the different door handle will they fit, are there any changes to the door frame that will not allow them to fit. any info would be greatly appreciated!!

[EVfun]

They will fit but I think you need the striker in the door jam too. Some year in the late '50's there was a subtle latch and striker change. You can use the older door handles with the newer doors, of course it leaves a hole at front of the handle to fix. The door stops in the front door jam are completely different, but they still connect to the tab on the body.
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[ZENVWDRIVER]

[fire beetle]

Wow thank you very much for the info, will jump on those 62 doors and cover the hole for the later door handles, my old doors are trashed not even good patina, plus at one point they were converted to one piece glass so definitely didn’t look right the 62’s are complete with the vent windows and not rust, thank you again guys!!!

[oldovaldriver]

If you are building up the car from parts, I would definitely weld up the extra door handle holes rather than use tape. Now is your chance before you paint it.

[fire beetle]

I kind of am, it was my daily driver when I was in Germany but the salt just killed the underbody so I am essentially doing a restoration, so now that it needs paint I am going to replace the doors and add a ragtop clip to it, but have to get the doors secured first then bracing them, once that is done then I am going to pull the body and fix the heater channels and the pans, and eventually paint it the original green color

[ZENVWDRIVER]