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Re: [oletrucks] '57 hinge pocket replacement question

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] '57 hinge pocket replacement question
From: ace0027@ibm.net
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:27:12 -0500
Eric,
    I have bouhgt 2 sets of hinge pockets over the years from Heavy Chevy,
and have been very pleased with both. Don't be afraid of the quality, they
work really well.

Terry And Ace

varanus@mail.phoenix.net wrote:

> Hi group:
>
> My 57 suburban needs a new drivers side, door pillar, lower half,
> hinge pocket face.  The existing hinge pocket was filled with dirt
> and rusted the lower hinge mounting hole. Then the previous owner
> blasted it with a torch and just ruined it.  The upper half of the
> hinge pocket face is good as new - it's just that lower bolt hole
> that is gone and twisted.  The rest of the door pillar is stellar as
> is the step pocket.  I have called around to get a patch panel.
> Several places had them repro.  My instincts tell me to go with a
> solid original cut from an old cab.  I am worried that the gauge and
> contours of the repro part will be inferior to the original 1957
> metal.
>
> Any comments?  Any advice?
> Thanks ya'll.
> Eric Pesci
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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