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Subject: Door Gaps
From: John Mitchell <jmitch@snet.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:46:40 -0500
Hi everyone,  I have a question concerning door fit.  Let me preface 
this by saying before I started a bunch of restoration work this winter 
my door gaps were pretty good.  Possibly slightly wider( less than an 
eighth inch) at the top than the bottom which according to Roger 
Williams is probably caused by some sagging of the rear portion of the 
frame. The frame is solid, no rust and no signs of hogging or prior 
repair.  Do to an an unfortunate accident, where the car decided to 
leave the driveway without me being in it,  the drivers door needed to 
be replaced(it rolled out with the door open, caught a bush and snapped 
the door back against the front fender, I was sick for weeks).  So,I 
figured since it was going to the body shop, I would remove the engine 
and transmission, rebuild the engine and have the engine bay painted. 
The rest of the car was painted last year. I was with the body man 
yesterday while hanging the new door and noticed the the door gaps had 
opened quite a bit(both sides).  I measured the new door, which was 
quite close to the old(the door came from the same year model).  Now I 
assume the door widening is caused by the frame being unladen.  I guess 
there's not much I can do about it until I get everything back on the 
frame,  but was wondering what can be done to close the door gap if 
needed after.  Can the body be shimmed to make up for any sag of the 
frame and where would I begin shimming.  Can any sagging of a frame be 
addressed on a frame machine.   I just don't want to cover up any frame 
mounting points during reassembly until I'm sure I dont have to address 
this problem.  Thanks for any advice.   John Mitchell  76 TR6




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