Re: [gremlintime] Door hinges

[ecurbpope@xxxx]

Wade,

The bushings in the door hinges are incredibly thin and wear out pretty 
quick. The doors are 1/3 of the car and pretty heavy. I have a "70" and had 
to replace mine. I did it years ago but I hope I can help you out. The best 
advice I can give is what I did to mine. I drilled the hinge holes out 
slightly oversized and machined a piece of round stock brass/ bronze and made 
new inserts which had a thicker than stock (plastic) wall thickness. My doors 
are now rock solid. Find a machine job shop and I'm sure they have "hunks" of 
1/2" or 1" brass lying around. If you can get bronze all the better. Machine 
them on a lathe and make them look like a top hat with a hole drilled all the 
way through. 

Good luck!

BMP


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