I have to admit never having addressed this problem before, but it seems to me
that one possible solution is to use a hydraulic jack and two pieces of 4x4 to
"open" up the door opening. Kind of like the "jaws of life" . In other
words, force the opening wider.
Jan Eyerman
Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca> wrote:
You welded the Art Carr frame to the Alpine body without the doors in place,
huh? Undoing that would be a pretty huge effort so I can understand the 'no
option' thing. If it's even possible to make things fit by bashing the hinges
then I guess you could go that way, or else you could make some new hinges
that
don't weigh ten pounds a piece, that give you the proper spacing at the front
of
the door. I would think some standard household door hinges would do the
trick.
Theo
DrMayf wrote:
> Boys and girls of all ages...as you know I am building the world's fastest
> Sunbeam from a rust bucket S5 Alpine. And what do rust bucket cars
> do...well, the sag. And when they sag, the doors do not fit. It appears
that
> I need to collapse the hinges on both door to get even a modicum of fit. So
> any ideas as to how to do this? The doors are off as I speak...so do I just
> heat the hinges and pound the dickens out of them until I get it where it
> needs to be? Thoughts? Oh, and forcing the parts like the hinge attachment
> back into shape is no longere an option...hinges it it...
>
> TIA
>
> mayf, the door challenged red necked ignorant desert rat in Pahrump...
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