Paul Lyons wrote:

Mike is asking about the 26's, not the 25's. You still need a Southwest door, but not the wide seam one.

You're right. I was emphasizing that the -25s, preceding the -26s, all had steel running boards, so a -26 with wood running board is definitely bogus. My comment on the wide-seam door only applies to the 1946 -25s. The 1947 -25s and all -26s had a different door, as you say.

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