05-21-2024, 05:32 PM | #1 |
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Roadster doors
Do the repo doors made by Brookville fit the original roadster body. Has
anyone had any trouble with alignment. Would like to know before I spend the the big bucks for new doors. |
05-22-2024, 02:18 PM | #2 |
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Re: Roadster doors
While Brookville makes an increadible product consider purchasing the door inners separate from the outers, allowing for fine tuning of the fit and internal details before the outer panel is installed.
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05-22-2024, 03:28 PM | #3 |
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Re: Roadster doors
It was pointed out to me maybe 20 years ago that the new doors have 4 tacked spots to hold the skin from moving.They are easily popped loose,and you can twist your door to fit your car.On a 28 I did back then one door was out at the top,and the other out at the bottom.When those tack spots were pointed out to me I popped them loose,twisted the door to where it needed to be,and retacked them.Still looks good today.The vendor told me that was the idea behind the 4 tacks,I don't know if it was a fact or just a story he got and repeated.Whatever it was,it worked.
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05-22-2024, 03:48 PM | #4 |
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Re: Roadster doors
Karl and Keith…
Exactly! |
05-23-2024, 07:01 AM | #5 |
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Re: Roadster doors
thanks for your help , with a little work you can make them work
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05-23-2024, 07:55 AM | #6 |
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05-23-2024, 09:43 AM | #7 | |
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To the original poster, even if the doors are ordered as two seperate pieces, -or as one that is assembled, do not expect them to fit right out of the box. You could easily have an hour or more on each one. Also, the width of your body at the top iron mounts greatly affects how the doors fit, so be prepared to adjust or re-do the Rear (Body) Rail on the body. . |
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05-23-2024, 06:36 PM | #8 |
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I'm sure you told me also.My friend was a vendor in Maine,he did mostly street rods.He learned it from a plant visit too.I was told later on,(direct from them)that the bodies were not metal prepped.They had a protective coat of temporary primer,to be stripped and painted properly.I had already painted mine by then,over their primer.Ifigured I would be stripping and painting it soon,but it's been 18 or 20 years,still looks good.I did hit it with a sealer before I painted it,I wanted to spray the deep red over gray,not over dark red primer.I had a bunch of old Dupont sealer around,might have been called Variprime????I expect it to blow off someday,that red primer can't be adhered to that metal very well.
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