[Marco Tahtaras]

Model A's all had steel hinges. It's not uncommon for hinges to be bent due to owners that believe they are "correcting" a poor door fit and are too lazy or unable to actually correct it instead of weakly camouflaging it. Before ever shimming the body the gap at each hinge pillar should be trued up was well as possible. And yes, this means undoing the damage some previous owner has done to the hinges.

There is more potential with shimming than suggested. See my page on closed car shimming.

Door Alignment