That sounds like all of my trucks...I don't think the fit was ever good in
that area. I've now put new doors on my fire truck and the original doors
and new doors fit exactly the same. The fire truck only has 15,000 miles on
it but the doors were flappers.
If you cut the door on the curved area the dimensions from the door edge to
the vent glass will not be consistent and might look funny.
Mike Boteler
'56 4400 Stake
'56 6400 Stake
'56 8400 Wrecker w/Holmes 525
'56 9200 Tractor w/Allison Automatic
'57 10500 Fire Truck
Hughesville, MD
http://www.chevytrucks.org/mikesgarage/
----- Original Message -----
From: <BagpiperEd@aol.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:47 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Door Alignment
> Been working on the doors on my TF, and they fit with a nice gap all
> around,
> except along the windshield pillars, and just below the window along the
> cowl. I have them as far back as the sills will allow, but still too
> small of a
> gap along the front. Any suggestions on how to create a wider gap up
> front?
> Been thinking about grinding the edge down, then re-welding the skins to
> the support. Will that work? Better ideas?
> Thanks,
> Ed.
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