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

[David Nock]

Gary, we have several good used doors that may save  you a lot of  
headaces



David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Oct 16, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Gbouff1 at aol.com wrote:

> 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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