Originally Posted by swenracer
I'm in the process of contacting classic parts to see if I got a bum door or if this is an acceptable tolerance for repro doors.

I'm not sure if the panel fit was ever perfect even from the factory back in the day.
Ultimately they were built and sold as utility vehicles so I guess the fit and finish was deemed "good enough" and also making allowances for the production techniques available back then.

Although obviously they weren't as far off as yours seems to be.

I'm not sure if these repro panels are stamped from new dies or if the factories producing them are using dies bought/rescued from original GM sources,if so could the tolerances be off as a result of excessively worn stamping dies?
Would that not have the effect of making the panels bigger?

Just a thought....

1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland
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