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Re: doors and doors

To: Stephen.Stierman@huntington.com
Subject: Re: doors and doors
From: "Ernest(Chip) Brown" <ebrown@ms.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:04:06 -0500
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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