Any tips or tricks to get more movement from the front door? My attempts to align it, are not bearing fruit.

Nothing has changed in that area throughout all my work.
The lower hinge has a little movement from wear, I guess, but the top hinge is nice and tight.

I never did figure out how to get the hinges out so, there is that.

Where?

How many miles, condition? Interior?

What engine and transmission? OD?

Might get more inquiries

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Gary. Good catch. Believe you are correct. Grille looks like it might be off of a '37 as it appears to come to a point at the bottom, but the photo is not a good one. I agree it is a shame the car was street-rodded. Coupes, especially '35's, are pretty rare.

post a photo of your existing piece so I can see which of the 4 pieces you need

The coupe listed as a 1935 120 is correct, note the 35 120 only front opening doors. shame its a street rood.

Sounds normal for an unfilled unit as the vac boost is very strong and you have no resistance. But the instant you take pressure off the pedal it should stop moving and come back.

As noted above there is a lot of play when the engine is off as the control valve is not pressurized.

On those cars the kinpins and trunnions are not especially wear prone, you can check all that easily by jacking the lower control arms as close to their outer end as possible to take the stress off the joints.

At age 66 you are almost certain to need upper inner bushings and the lower inners will likely need replacing, though they do last much longer than the uppers. There are modern replacements noted in the interchange chart on site here.

I would NOT start taking things apart without determining exactly what is wrong. Any steering box adjustments should be made with a service manual at hand. Also, be sure that correct replacement parts are available for any replacements that may be necessary.

Most all steering systems will have play at the steering wheel unless the front wheels are pointed straight ahead. Check play on a power steering system with the engine running and the front wheels straight ahead.

May cars have a flexible coupling in the steering shaft. These couplings often develop play. Most steering shaft couplings are located between the firewall and the steering box.

At one time, auto parts stores carried such tools. CalVan was one maker, as I recall. Most auto parts stores still carry a variety of specialty tools. The hidden clip style door and window handles were widely used. Some cars had a square shaft with a pin to hold the handle in place. The pin was retained by the escutcheon trim, which could be pushed in toward the door to allow removing the pin.