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My advice is to find a parts car as close to your model as possible in a junk yard and remove the door and also take the hinge pockets from the door jams as well. You may be able to use a stud welder and some body hammer work to straighten up your existing jams.

Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it. I'm thinking the door was sprung like ptv suggested and the damage shown in the pictures was someone trying to fix it with a 2x4 or something like that.

For the time being I'm just going to open the holes in the hinges a little so I can drop the door at the hinge area. I might also use some shims between the door and the hinges to space the front part of the door away from the body a little.

Thanks again guys,

-Chris