Gary,
Misalignment of body panels is never a plus IMHO. During the restoration of
my TR6, I went to great pains to make certain all the panels had the best fit
possible. If you get the doors fitted properly, they should close better and
have fewer rattles.
Regards,
Chad
Andrew Mace wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Gary Ganoung wrote:
>
> > I just dropped off my 74 TR6 to my body man for repainting. He noticed
> > that the doors are both out of alignment and asked me if I wanted them
> > aligned better.
> > I told him that I wanted the doors left just a s they are due to
> > originality issues.
> > My recollection is that TR6 purists look for misaligned doors as a sign
> > of originality. Seems to me that there have been several e-mail threads
> > on this.
> > Any comments??
>
> OK, I'll "dive" into this one! :-)
>
> Originality is fine and, in many instances VERY DESIREABLE. However, if
> your bodyman can easily correct what one must assume was, well,
> "indifferent" assembly of the car, I can't imagine anyone complaining
> about that. Don't expect Lexus-like consistency of door seams or any
> other body seams, but there's nothing wrong with good panel alignment.
> Depending on how the misalignment shows itself, it might be considered a
> deduction by some judges.
>
> --Andy
>
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