Technical TECH WEEK: Fixing the Model A door

I’ve owned several Model A’s, one thing that always bugged me was the way the top of the door fails to follow the drip rail giving the appearance that the door is sagging The photos show how I fixed the problem, no rocket science involved, simply add a wedge shaped piece to the top of the door.

 

Here is the before picture...

 

That does look better, now that you pointed it out it will bug me too....thanks

 

Never thought about it, but yes, that does look so much better. Good job.

 

B2T

 

Yup. I planned on doing the same.

 

Great, now I can add this to the uneven hood/cowl gap that my eye seems to find on many A's.

Simple and effective tech. I like it.

 

Looks much better. It bugged me on my A too, but I guess it didn't bug me enough to do anything about it.

 

I like it. Adds something very subtle that most wouldn't catch, but really makes a difference.

 

Do you think Henry had a reason he didn't do this?

 

He was cheap and trying to save money

 

Would those doors fit any other vehicle or just the Tudor?

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vote-now-tech-week-october-2015.995188/

Short time to vote

 

Custom bodies back in the Duesenberg and Cad V16 days, as well as customs as we know them, started by a person saying, "I can make that look better"

This was a good tech, to show any person, with any level of skills, that you can do easy things to improve something

 

Any closed car.....