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Here's a poor pic... I may change the white roof:

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If this means what I think, I do believe this is/was a fairly common issue. Some cars are great with fit and others seem to be slightly less than horrible. There are a few suggestions in the body section of 55-6 manual but the 51-4 book goes into detail and methods of correcting better than the 55-6 does. There is one suggestion about spring hammering a particular flange if the problem not too severe--although am not sure I would try very hard even with protecting the paint--and there is not a lot of flange to bump down anyway so anything more than maybe a slight bit over requires something else. Another solution is "torquing" the door by placing an object on one corner to hold it out while pressing on the one that needs to go in. That takes a bit of practice though and might get things into more trouble. Am actually surprised the sedan has much issue as ones I've seen are usually the long heavy doors on hardtops which seem to be a bit prone to sag.

One thing I have also noticed is if you have repro weatherstrip, it seems a bit harder or maybe thicker than the original and doesn't compress well which adds to the problem. On mine, without weatherstrip all was beautiful but as soon as that was installed, have the same sticking out problem and the weatherstrip doesn't seem to be compressing much.

Try this site:

Zabasearch.com

I found:


David J Lattimer Born 1957
911 St. Clair Ave
Clairton,PA 15025
412-233-4920

DAVID J LATTIMER Born 1957
102 DIVISION RD
PARKER, PA 16049

DAVID J LATTIMER Born Jan 1957
108 JO DEENER DR
ZELIENOPLE, PA 16063

@ Portlandon: Thank you !! Great !! I will try to make contact with these men.

Xavier