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Old 02-11-2013, 09:20 PM   #71
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Re: New member with barn find

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Originally Posted by warbucket View Post
Not much to update, I've been working on door gaps and body shims. Boy what a PITA, I think I have the pass side door dialed in, the gap at the quarter panel is a hair over the thickness of a paint stick. On the drivers side I have a great body line but it's about 1/4" wide on top and a hair wider at the bottom of the quarter and the hing is back as far as it will go. If I lift at #3 body mount the top will get wider. Any ideas? before I elongate the lower hing bolt holes.
Have you tried shutting on a 2X4 yet, sometimes that will move the door around. Or, you could grind some of the head of the bolt off
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