Hi Chris:
I had this same problem with my B. I took it to an old friend who runs an
upscale body shop with a high Porsche/Jaguar clientele. He looked at the
car and said, "John, leave it with me. Louie will fix it". I came back
later that day. The door was perfect and the window that had never
properly met the hardtop (I had it on because I wanted to see how the car
looked with it) fit beautifully. I asked Doug, the body shop man, how this
was possible. He said that Louie had learned body work in Europe where he
apprenticed with Mercedes. He had then worked over there for many years
until he emigrated to Canada. I asked Doug what I owed him. He said,
"John, I'll catch you later. I like to fix honest cars". 'Nuff said.
John McEwen
BTW, the repair consists of a proper hinge adjustment. The window is a
matter of aligning stops and angle of mechanism. I had tried all of these,
but I didn't work for Mercedes. It took Louie less than 30 minutes to fix
these things.
>I have a problem that I am sure someone has a solution for. My drivers
>side door is suffering from an alignment problem. When looking at the
>door, all door gaps are even, front to rear, and top to bottom. When
>sighting down the length of the car (from the rear), the lower contour
>of the door does not match the body contour. The lower portion of the
>rear edge of the door protrudes from the body about a 1/4". Someone
>suggested that this was due to misalignment of the dog leg section
>behind the door that was replaced when the sill was done. Both body and
>door shapes seem correct. Any ideas on how to fix this problem? A
>really poor effort to illustrate the problem is below. BTW, any
>solution must be accomplished without damaging my paint!
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> Door || Body
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>Thanks,
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>Chris Delling
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