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I need a little advice. My '59 cab is finally repaired but I cannot get the drivers door to line up. I have done everything in the world to this cab, floor, corners, roof, brow, front fender mounts, steps, big window conversion, radio hole repair... Yeah, just about everything, except mess with the door frames. So I get the welding all done and hang the doors on rebuilt hinges. The drivers is so tight at the top it will barely close, forget about an even seam. The passenger door has a 3/4 inch gap inside at the top, but it closes fine. It was a pile of parts when I bought it, so I don't know if they ever fit right.

Should I drag home the porta power and bend the cab, or do the doors vary enough that another one might fit better? I worked the door bottoms inside & out but that is the only part that fits.

I suspect that the truck had been wrecked by a PO. The roof I replaced to eliminate a horribly patched sunroof was not the original. Maybe I should just jack up the speedometer and drive a better cab under it. I would hate to waste all the effort I have already put into it. Ideas?

just an idea slot the hinges where they bolt to the door to get a little more wiggle room?

I have not got this far so I will watch this thread....
Brad

Just tossin out a ? here,
As others have posted when doing the kind of rework of the cab you have mentioned that they X-Braced the door openins and across the cab to keep em square so when they cut out big sections like the floor,roof,back window an such that the cab didnt twist all up, ya may be dealin with a problem like that if you did not?
Seems your cab went CATTIWOMPUS on ya durin the replacement of all the sheetmetal ya did and now is in a twist.
As far as a FIX ...I have no advise...I'm sure someone has been in your shoes an will offer up a way to go.
GOOD LUCK
Tim

Yea, if you don't constantly check the way things fit when you do major surgery your chances of running into trouble hover around 100%. A moot point in your case, but a lesson for anyone listening in.

I understand Task Force doors are a real pain to get aligned to begin with. Apparently, it takes three men and boy several hours to get them right it seems. It can be a frustrating excercise. It could be that your cab is tweaked but the experience you are describing sounds like what most folks go through everytime. Get somebody to help you and spend some time before you break out the porta-power. Just my two cents.

Also, do a search in the Door area of this forum. If I recall there are some good tips there.

yes the TF doors are always a pain, but with all the pieces you've replaced it isn't at all suprising they don't fit well .... if you're real comfortable with the porta-power you might have some luck getting things closer, I un-tweaked one that'd been in a wreck, but it's real unusual to find one with good even gap all around .... the problem of good gap outside and wide inside is likely from the roof repairs, but also isn't uncommon

Bill