project 39

[CSHADES]

saturday morning decided to get the bracing in the drivers door tacked together and the brace that holds the door latch and the window regulator needed to be lengthened. i had to make a decision on which end to make longer which you think would be easy but actually required some thought. If i added the 6 inches to the front the the door handle would be farther back than i wanted, if i added to the rear the window handle would be to close to the dash like my 40 is now. i have to be careful not to rap my knuckles on the dash. so in the end i decided to add the 3 inches to each end so the door handle remains centered in the door. i also was having problems with the drivers door upper hinge had slop in it. i decided to make a new door pin for the drivers upper. i have a bunch of old stainless 5/16 rod so i bored the pin holes to 19/64 and turned down the pin to fit. i needed new upper pins anyways because i have the mirrors that mount on the upper hinges.