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Old 01-26-2018, 08:25 PM   #18
Tinbasher
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Default Re: permanent fix for doors

The idea of straps or cables and turnbuckles are a old "Coachbuilders" trick. They usually go from the front top corner of the door down to the lower rear corner. A #10 wood screw in the wooden door frame with a body washer on the head works well. Then you can loop a cable around this and clamp it, do this top and bottom and put a turnbuckle in the middle. Then you can adjust the corner into place. Now if the corner is in then you can use a metal strap to go across these two points attach the top and then pull the lower corner out to where you need it to get the alignment and then put two screws in to hold it. This is the joy with wood structure bodies. It takes a lot of tricks to get them to fit and align. I remember spending a week of fitting on a 32 Chev. Cabriolet to get everything to line up. I would change one body shim and the complete body would move. Yes a test of patience!! The Old Tinbasher"
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