2015 at the Hammond Barn

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bob

Couple of thoughts to add to the discussion of fitting the doors.

1. The fenders need to be inlace when the doors are fitted, remember I replaced one of my fenders after the fact along with the cab frame, (thanks to your kind help with better unbent parts) well as you might expect it changed the fit of the the door to the cab frame. But the real surprise was the edge of the door no longer cleared the fender as it closed.

2. Trick I use for fitting doors, hoods, etc. is to use a stack of refridgerator magnets on the sides, bottom etc as shims to get the door well centered. Take on mag from one side
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3. I'm still using temporary hindges I made back in 2005, they work so well just never got around to trying to make ones that look like the original.
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Made of a couple of bits of floor plate welded to two sections of 3/8ID pipe and 3/8th bolts though the result looks like a field expedient replacement part. Added advantage is easy to remove the doors.

Cheers Phil

PS Like your morning yoga exercise routine. No body told us that a requirement for getting into and out of CMPs was you have to be able to touch your knee to your ear.