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Re: [Healeys] Door fit

To: "'John Spaur'" <jmsdarch@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Door fit
From: Simon Lachlan via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 09:22:13 +0100
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Thank you for this.

If the previous cover plates fit and the door did too,

*    It did fit but not perfectly.

you should not have to adjust the door to get the cover plates to fit.

*    As I said, the cover plate is a lousy fit. Changed the door gap very
considerably. I'd guess that it's a bad repro.

But, I think I've worked out to fix that ie by altering the holes in the
cover plate to allow the striker to go further in.

No, my question is to the hinges. Can the bolts be loosened and the bottom
door moved inwards a bit?

The bolts should undo as some clown rammed the car a year or so back and the
door had to be removed & replaced.

When I installed new cover plates I recall trimming them at the edges
against the sill and B pillar and also trimming them where they fit together
at the 90 degree corner. I also had to enlarge the holes for the strike
plate although there is not a lot of margin to do that. If you still want to
adjust the door hinges, it is not likely possible if the car has not been
restored and the hinges have not been loosened at the A pillar before. The
nuts attaching the hinges to the pillar are likely to be rusted.

Simon


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class=3DMsoNormal>Thank you for this.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'>If the previous cover plates fit =
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lang=3DEN-US>It did fit but not perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'> you should =
not have to adjust the door to get the cover plates to fit.</span><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoListParagraph =
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Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span =
lang=3DEN-US>As I said, the cover plate is a lousy fit. Changed the door =
gap very considerably. I&#8217;d guess that it&#8217;s a bad =
repro.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoListParagraph =
style=3D'margin-left:0cm'><span lang=3DEN-US>But, I think I&#8217;ve =
worked out to fix that ie by altering the holes in the cover plate to =
allow the striker to go further in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoListParagraph style=3D'margin-left:0cm'><span =
lang=3DEN-US>No, my question is to the hinges. Can the bolts be loosened =
and the bottom door moved inwards a bit?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoListParagraph style=3D'margin-left:0cm'><span =
lang=3DEN-US>The bolts should undo as some clown rammed the car a year =
or so back and the door had to be removed &amp; =
replaced.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'color:#1F497D'> When I installed new cover plates I recall =
trimming them at the edges against the sill and B pillar and also =
trimming them where they fit together at the 90 degree corner. I also =
had to enlarge the holes for the strike plate although there is not a =
lot of margin to do that. If you still want to adjust the door hinges, =
it is not likely possible if the car has not been restored and the =
hinges have not been loosened at the A pillar before. The nuts attaching =
the hinges to the pillar are likely to be =
rusted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>Simon<span =
style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></body></html>
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