The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Panels 'N Burbs looking for lower barn door hinges (1953 Chevy panel truck)

I’m looking for the lower barn door hinges on my panel and the upper door stop on the left barn door if any one knows where I might find them would be appreciated. Will the 55- 59 hinges work -- found a set on eBay and look the same.

Hello there, did you happen to check JIM Carter truck parts catalog ? I will get out to my garage tomorrow and chenk in all my parts catalogs and let you know if I can find any.

I checked with Jim Carter parts and they didn’t have any. I did order pins and bushings to repair what I have but the lower right and upper left are really bad shape from rust. No machine shops in my area would take to them and see if it could be duplicated if they were around.

The hinges may be rust pitted but they should be structurally OK to use. The rust can be sandblasted off and pits filled and the hinges reused. That is if you can't find better replacements. They may be around.

Klhansen the hinges are pitted really bad here are some pictures of them. Thought about doing metal epoxy.

Yep, those are pretty bad. You'd need to be a sculptor to get them looking nice again. Might not be worth the effort.

With that much corrosion on the hinges, you'd think that the doors and body around them would be pretty much rusted through.

Yes the barn doors and the rear was bad , just about done with metal work on doors and lower sill ,just need to get hinges repaired so I can start on adjusting the doors before I’m finished with them . The lower body was totally rotted out but now getting to the end of major body repair.

Got the barn door hinges repaired and both barn doors man a lot of patience

So, you no longer need any hinges, or other rear parts?
Thanks,
Marty

I still need the hinges to repair the ones I have. Two of them are pitted and are looking to replace if I could find better ones.