Yeah, but all that lifting and shifting is your daily reminder as you climb
aboard that what you are about to experience is not your mama's Rolls Royce. CB
Stephen.Stierman@huntington.com wrote:
> John,
> Fitting doors is more a matter of patience, splitting the difference,
> and using the proper fittings. The frames actually have a bit of curve to
> them to fit the aperture and over time they can warp a bit and not quite
> fit as they once did. I have actually had to cut the frames and reglue to
> get this curvature. Also the screws and hinges get sloppy and mess up the
> equation. The rubber buffers that position the doors get worn and fall
> off. The skins rust along the lower edge and no amount of body filler is
> going to cure that. If you disassemble a rusty door you will find that the
> lower couple of inches is solid rust and quite thin. There is no choice
> but to reskin. Reskinning is not a job for those that are not mechanically
> inclined and have worked with sheet metal as it does require a good deal of
> skill and patience. The best time to reskin a door is during a
> restoration/repaint because it is often impossible to get the door to line
> up with the soldered drip edge without adjusting its position. There are
> a couple of techniques that I use that would require a good deal of time to
> explain and I don't know if this forum is a good vehicle for that.
> However; I can tell you unequivocally that Morgan doors can be made to
> fit and shut like a Rolls Royce (or a Miata) door! Mine do, none of this
> lifting, shifting, and juggling stuff that I see every time I go to a
> Morgan meet.
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