Which kind of concealed doors have the least trouble

[Randall Miller]

Just curious....which doors are the least problematic? Electric or Vacuum? Is it clearly one better than the other or debatable? I did a search and didn't see an obvious answer. Feel free to delete this if it's a dumb question.

 

[INTMD8]

Having both with no problems, I would say more of a car by car basis.

 

[Kern Dog]

One huge advantage to the ‘70 Charger and electric doors is that you have no vacuum lines to leak
Low vacuum from a big cam has no effect. The drive motors are found in many other cars too.

 

[Photon440]

One huge advantage to the ‘70 Charger and electric doors is that you have no vacuum lines to leak
Low vacuum from a big cam has no effect. The drive motors are found in many other cars too.

You don't need those expensive vacuum headlight switches either.

 

[Randall Miller]

Really just curious. I bought a nice 70 and like it and learned they were electric and have read about gremlins some people have with them. Also, a lot of times cars evolve and get better with production years. I just wondered if electric was decisively better or if the vacuum was simpler.

 

[F4R/T]

70 headlamp doors are pretty simple systems imo. My buddies 66 is a bit more complex as the entire bucket assembly rotates and has micro switches.

 

[Randall Miller]

Sounds like a consensus. Thank you gentlemen.

 

[440 PHIXX]

The electric are much less problematic.

One motor and a torsion bar.

 

[Demonic]

The vacuum setup on my stock 69 works flawlessly.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I've had a bunch of 68 & 69 Chargers & never had a problem with the vacuum headlight doors opening & closing.