Good afternoon
I'm trying to properly hang my 62 hardtop's doors so I can shut the doors. After tinkering with the drivers door today it occurs to me that I may need to use some shims between the hinge arm and the door. Should I go buy a box of the U shaped shims, buy a box of fender washers and notch them out with my snips or use an old hinge arm as a pattern and make some larger shims from my stash of 18 gauge scrap for a shim that covers the whole door hinge mating surface.
Over the last few years I have replaced the floor, added some box members from hinge post to lock post and replaced the rockers. I also had welded in some angle iron to keep things from moving while I replaced the floor. I did the best I could with what I had to work with. My Lark is my fun car, not a show car
Jeff T.
I'm trying to properly hang my 62 hardtop's doors so I can shut the doors. After tinkering with the drivers door today it occurs to me that I may need to use some shims between the hinge arm and the door. Should I go buy a box of the U shaped shims, buy a box of fender washers and notch them out with my snips or use an old hinge arm as a pattern and make some larger shims from my stash of 18 gauge scrap for a shim that covers the whole door hinge mating surface.
Over the last few years I have replaced the floor, added some box members from hinge post to lock post and replaced the rockers. I also had welded in some angle iron to keep things from moving while I replaced the floor. I did the best I could with what I had to work with. My Lark is my fun car, not a show car
Jeff T.
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