Re: [Amc-list] Eagle door handle

["RetroRalph" <retroralph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This (below) is the last AMC-List mail received.   Nothing for two days 
now...  I fear TomJ has been infiltrated and taken out of action...

Does anyone have news as to the present status of our AMC-List? 
Thanks, Tom - / Frank.
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Ralph Ausmann  -  Hillsboro, OR - > ralph.ausmann@xxxxxxxxx
http://mysite.verizon.net/res79g4m/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tom Jennings
To: AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans.
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Eagle door handle
-- Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Seems to be common in cold weather. (Happened to the previous owner of 
> my
> '82 Spirit so I have used at least 2 of my spares and don't know where
> the  others are right now) I don't have a place to work on it, but I
> designed a  stainless steel replacement paddle that should be easily
> salable to the Jeep  crowd as well (It's the same handle as the 
> tailgate
> on YJs and I would make  it reversible to work on either side. I was
> shocked to find no-one carried  them in any hardware book!)

The door hinge design on 70-up truly sucks rocks. It's terrible. It's so
bad it detracts from the chassis overall. Contrast with early 60's door
hinges that last 30+ years without sagging.

On my first '70 Hornet I made huge solid hinge pivots by welding in 
7/16"
diam. nuts then through-drilling for 1/2" grade 8 bolts. The door on my
current '70 hornet is probably gonna get the same thing. Plus drilled 
for a
zerk each. 


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