1971 Flint GS Door panel screw count

I am researching how many screws are used for the front door panels along the bottom edge, of a 1971 GS.
I am looking for survivor examples, well know preserved original interior.
When I restored my interior I had what I believe to be original to the car door panels.
I used them as a guide to rebuild / reassemble the new door panels.
My original door panels were held in place with 5 screws on the "bottom" edge.

Are there survivor examples available and can you share a photo?
Are there any drawings documenting this?
Thank you for your time and input.
Troy

 

5 on the orig. from my '71 (Flint) GS convertible

 

@thepartsman gave me his input that his original '70 has 4 screws and his original '71 has 5 screws.
Troy

 

Lemme guess, you lost a point for having 5.

 

There was a discussion but I do not know about a deduction yet.
I'd guess, yes.
Troy

 

5 on my Dec of 70 built 71. Original interior.

 

This issue was discussed about 15 years ago by the BPG at their meet. I had my 70GS 455 convertible in concours judging and I was deducted points for having 5 screws along the bottom of the door panel. I contacted Duane Heckman and provided him with pictures of the original door panels, front and backside, which had date codes on them from June 1970. My car was a late June build. This information was passed along to many of the judging team for future reference. It appears that the change from 4 screws to 5 screws was made late in the 70 production run.

HTH,

Larry

 

Thank you Larry for those details.
Troy

 

Hey Troy,
My early Flint built ‘71 hdtp. has 5 screws. Car has the original door panels.

 

Troy PM’d me about this and I vaguely remembered a change at the end of the model year, but told him to ask that question here.

Thanks Larry for the refresher. It’s been a long time since I thought about door panel screws.

Good to hear from you Larry.
Duane

 

Thanks Larry! Good to see you in BG.

When was your convertible made? I'm doing a '70 05C car & curious. I'm hoping to use very nice orig. (not orig. to the car) door panels & might have to live w/4 screws if that's what I have.

 

PS,
There are no drawings available to show something like this. For this info you need to look at the cars to get the answer.

Fisher Body installed the front & rear door panels on the shell before it was “sent” to final assembly; therefore the assembly manuals, which were developed by Buick to show what they had to do on the line, will not have that information.
Duane

 

My car is a late June car, 06C. If I remember correctly, Rich Johns bought the original door panels from me at the BPG meet in Columbus around 2008-2009. I'm sure I have pictures of the door panels here somewhere, probably from my old cell phone. If I get a chance, I may go looking.

Larry

 

My car is a 9B build btw. Here’s a pic.

 

Looks like mine, just different color.

 

Found the pictures of the original door panels for my 06C convertible.

 

...thanks to all who contributed. My 05B '71 had an interior color change, good to know 5 screws are correct...