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@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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