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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