Door Gaps

[Dace1953]

I’ve been scratching my head on fixes for the door edges overlapping the rear wing edges by approx 1/4” on both sides of my 1960 BN7. It has me thinking, is it because I did a lot of front shroud panel repairs (corrosion) before refitting the engine and box? Is the chassis bent?

Discussing the problem with someone a while ago suggested running an angle grinder down the door edge to re-open the gaps. This would be a quick and dirty fix, but doesn’t address looking for the causes and addressing those.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Dave

 

[Patrick67BJ8]

I’ve been scratching my head on fixes for the door edges overlapping the rear wing edges by approx 1/4” on both sides of my 1960 BN7. It has me thinking, is it because I did a lot of front shroud panel repairs (corrosion) before refitting the engine and box? Is the chassis bent?

Discussing the problem with someone a while ago suggested running an angle grinder down the door edge to re-open the gaps. This would be a quick and dirty fix, but doesn’t address looking for the causes and addressing those.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Dave

Photos?

 

[red57]

Yes, photos would help. The edges of the doors are the door skins folded over the inner door framework so if you remove 1/16" or more you are cutting the hemmed over door skin and will have to reweld in order to have a hemmed edge. I had to do a bit of that on mine but only and 1/8" or so