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Originally Posted by SSsssteamer
Vin Tin... Before you go nailing down your roof tin, fit both your doors and make sure that your door headers are not cut too long. I had to shorten up both of my "store bought" door headers so that the door strikers would make good contact. Once the doors fit their holes, then worry about the gap left in the roof tin. The new front header having to be shaved off is a common job too. Too much wood is better than not enough wood. Right? Make sure that the new windshield header is properly nested down into its new home before any windshield header shaving is done.
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I'm a long way from nailing anything down. I made both of my door headers from scratch using several originals that I have as patterns. The most I could shorten them would be 1/8". Any shorter and the roof tins wouldn't fit the opening between the A and B pillars. Both doors are hung and fit good. I checked the vertical door over-lap and it's even top to bottom @ 1/2".
As far as the front header cover goes, are you saying there should not be any wood showing?