At 12:23 PM 4/21/99 +0000, you 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
I have used a repro hinge pocket on my 57's passenger door for over a year
with no complaints. I have seen quite a few cabs around here in the
junkyard but I've never seen one that had a solid lower hinge pocket, I
think the muck that gathers there rots them out.
Bill Bailey
57 Chevy 3100
http://members.tripod.com/~oltruck
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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