Looking to see if anyone knows of someone who may have experience with shimming a body on a 40 Ford convertible. This is a finished car, but that has some issues with doors not fitting good. I'm in the north Atlanta area. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Have you "trued" your ch***is? I was on a site last month with a guy that never took the time to level his Model A frame and needed a half of an inch of shims just to get his doors to close. I tried to explain to him that when his Model A was ***embled, the body was dropped onto the frame with no shims at all. The last Model A that I built had a 3/8" sag in the frame in front of the middle crossmember. Did you remove the body on your '40 Ford? Is it a stock or after market ch***is? Are you using all new body to frame cushions? It all starts with a good foundation.
stock frame body off rest.I didn't build it but frame looks ok. The problem is in lower cowl mounts and mount behind doors.. the rest of the body seems ok
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