[Healeys] Just when I thought is was safe....

[Oudesluys]

It has always been practice at the Jensen factory to sort panels on fit 
for a specific car, so do not be concerned if two opposite panels do not 
have the same dimensions.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL

Gbouff1 at aol.com schreef:
> Fellow restorers,
>  
> I purchased a 1960 BN7 from an acquaintance that was retiring to Florida,  
> knowing that the car had a lot of hidden sins and needed a total ground up  
> restoration.  He purchased the car 15 years prior and just drove it  as-is.  
> I've stripped it down to the last nut and bolt and I'm now in the  process 
> of repairing/replacing, well pretty much everything.  I've come  across a 
> lot of boneheaded repairs during the process.
>  
> I thought that I was done with surprises, but....
>  
> The bottom 4" of each door need to be replaced.  I've gotten somewhat  
> handy with a welder and body hammers so I figured that I would make my own patch 
>  panels.  I first made a sheet metal template from the original driver 
> (left  hand) door as it had no previous body work.  I then reversed it and mated 
>  it to the passenger door to see how close the match was.  
>  
> Guess what?  The passenger door is 1/2" shorter than the driver  door!  My 
> best guess, judging by the poor quality of a previous extremely  low budget 
> restoration attempt, is that the door wouldn't fit properly and  someone 
> just cut off a 1/2" to fit it in the door frame.
>  
> I guess the doors are going to take a little longer than I expected.
>  
> Gary Bouffard
> Working on my tan by the light of the MIG torch.
>  
> P.S.   Maybe we should start a thread on the crazy repairs made by  DPOs 
> that we have found while restoring our cars.
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