SM: A brand new door

27 November 2006 | Body work, SM

During September 2006, I see someone having 2 fenders and 2 doors, but they are not in better shape than mine. Here is a first track to forget.

During November 2006, I do a very interesting finding, a brand new door! I didn’t think I would find such a rare part here in Montreal, a few kilometers from my home. It’s a member of my antique car club who had that door in stock for years. I was not searching for a new one, but I obviously didn’t miss the opportunity 😉

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Here it is, new for a couple of years now 😉 It’s a late model, with the lock separated from the handle, but it’s no big deal, the extra hole can be filled

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It will certainly need less steel sheet work than the one shown before 😉

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Did you noticed the inside reinforcing bar?

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My doors don’t have this reinforcing feature. It’s cool but ideally I now have to find an identical second door

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Here we have a better look to the reinforcing bar. Although, this door is heavier that my two other ones

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Here the original bottom rail, which seems to have disappeared on my other doors