Regarding door skins------------make 100% sure your guy knows how to skin!
I had some door on an E-Type reskinned and they were done poorly,
especially where the "lines" are. I'm now thinking about new (used) doors
with the proper contour and straight lines.
tom
> [Original Message]
> From: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
> To: Healey List <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: 12/17/04 3:50:31 PM
> Subject: Door Repairs - measurements needed
>
> When I rebuilt my BN4 the body man didn't do anything apart from some
> filling and smoothing to my doors. They had been repaired poorly years
> before - there's about a half inch of filler at the bottoms and the
contour
> near the bottom is a bit off. Now I want to do it right.
>
> The bottom section of the doors had been reskinned - right over the
existing
> rusted metal. The door bottoms were also replaced - rather crudely. My new
> body man wants to replace both the replacement skins and door bottoms. It
> would help if we had some measurements of the door bottoms. I can locate
> only a BJ8 and a really rusty BN1 in my area for measurement.
>
> Can anyone with a 6 cylinder roadster - BN4, BN6, BN7 or BT7 - take some
> measurements for me? I need to know the width of the door frame bottom at
> the front and rear of the door as well as the depth of the outer flange on
> the bottom that the skin wraps over. Also is the flange at a right angle
(90
> degrees) to the door bottom and is the door bottom at a right angle to the
> inside of the door?
>
> I have the correct contour for the door, front and rear, and we can work
at
> matching up with the front and rear fenders but those measurements would
be
> helpful.
>
> Thanks to anyone who can provide measurements.
>
> Cheers
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