Looking for 68-70 Door Striker Plate Shims

[Deleted member 4760]

FWIW, '71+ B-vans used these same striker shims, and if you find a van with dual cargo doors on the side and rear, you 2x your chances of finding some.

As mentioned, be sure to use your impact driver to break the screws loose.

 

[Propwash]

Thanks for the tip Casey... Looks like I got enough of them now to fix up the Roadrunner and the Coronets shim issues.

On the Roadrunner, I ended up grinding down the tip of a cheap stanley phillips, clamping on a vise grip to the handle for leverage and heating up the back side of the screws with map gas...Tough little buggers to get out, but they came eventually. Seams like the factory used a bit of thread lock fluid on them.

 

[Cranky]

Those are tough screws to get out without the impact driver....one thing to have it but you also have to know how to use it lol It's also kinda odd that all 4 doors shut just fine after taking the shims out....even the one that had the 2 thick shims closed ok.