Series IIa

So, I'm finally getting around to continuing the running restoration of this thing, and it looks like I will actually have it on the road by late Spring.

One of the things I want to tackle next is the doors. I'm frustrated with a few things: They don't really close correctly, not all the way, and take a good swing to properly latch. They don't seal well at all, want to get new seals. Even when they are as tightly shut as possible, nothing quite lines up right. The front of one is off line while the back of OK; but the back end of the other is off line while the front seems to line up right; but the bottoms of both look off....

Anyway, this leads to two questions:

  1. I've heard that "normal" modern door seals will work well if you take the 1/8 inch lip off the edge of the door openings, then install all new seals. Yes?
  2. What have you done to fix door alignment, latching, and closing problems?


Right now my plan is to pull all the seals off and observe how the doors open and close, adjust, put new seals in, adjust.