Thanks guys, for your responses and opinions. I agree with everything that has been said, but I am still wondering about the gentle "curve" that kind of looks swollen at the front edge of the doors between the door and fender. This swollen area runs vertically from the bottom of the door upwards to the main body crease. I am certain that on the clay model that GM designers made the body panels from, that this area was not swelled and rounded as on most trucks I see. I am confident that the engineering clay model was smoothly sculpted in this area. I am thinking that there is rust under the door skins between the skin and the frame here and that is what is making the swollen look. OR, the door skin and frame were unassumingly bent at the factory during crimping of the doorskin and a mild reshaping is due for the restorer to get the shape the designers had in mind. I too, have adjusted many doors and they are always a compromise...I have been known to apply body filler across the door-to-fender seam and then block it down to get it perfect, (after all mechanical means were exhausted). You can't do it though if the edge becomes to thick...it doesn't look good that way. You've got to keep the wallstock edge of the door no thicker than 3/16" for good looks. My door seams would have to be 1/4" to 3/8" thick if I go that route. I love these trucks and am in the process of doing the bodywork on mine. Has anyone ever pulled a doorskin off of one of these doors to see what is going on inside on the front edge? Thanks, Jim
