The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Paint and Body Shop Hanging doors.

Progress continues and here is the link again and it is almost current.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1928chevy/?saved=1

To use FLICKR, click on the gray word "slideshow" on the right side and again, remember, you are going back in time to when I picked up the pieces.

Now, for the question... 1928 Chevy truck.

The cab frame is wood. The previous owner commissioned the Amish in our community to duplicate the top and several of the wood pieces. They do beautiful work. The truck cab pieces (wood) were stored in an old abandoned farm house. It leaked. I had to straighten the warp on the top, and duplicate three pieces of wood that were rotten. That went fine.

The cab metal facade pieces were a challenge but I learned. Now for the doors.

They are in good shape now and ready to be hung, but since the wood is new and considering the door hinges screw into that wood, there is no guide or easy way to place the doors in the opening and mark the holes to be drilled.

Now, I have installed enough hinges in my life, to know that you drill one hole for each of the three hinges, and if the door, in this case, sits properly, then you can drill the other holes and make it permanent.

My question is, with the door in place, and closed properly, how do I mark the hole to drill it? In other words, with the doors closed and in place, you cannot see the hinge holes... so how do you do it? Ideas and suggestions welcome.... thanks....

make a full template of the door and where the hinges are. Sort of like you use when your putting in a door knob in a door that has not been drilled for a knob yet. You could probably use a thin piece of card board for your template Then transfer the template to the edge where you need to put your hinges. That's the first time I have seen a truck that a carpenter can work on, pretty cool.

I started the process of hanging the doors after getting a hinge problem (or two) fixed. I had tried a "fitting" when I put the wood pieces (some new, some original) together and the doors fit tight, but they did go in the openings. Now that the metal facades have been added, they don't fit, and I since three of the four sides of the opening are new wood, and the side where the latches are is original, the opening dimensions changed enough to where I will have to do some modifications. The obvious solution is that the hinge recesses in the pillar are not recessed enough. I suspect they need to go somewhere between 1/8 to 1/4 inch deeper. A chisel and patience should do the job. I think my initial question of a template is going to be redundant. This is going to be a case of getting them installed and shimming to reduce the gaps in the door as needed. It sure is not like fitting a modern door!!! Thanks again for all the help.

well that would kind of make sense, because in the newrer trucks by newer I mean 50, 55, trucks you have to somestimes shim the door hinges to get them to fit right also. But at least the template would get the hinges in the right place to begin with. As far as the hinge recess depth goes. That would depend on the thickness of your hinge. The chisel is what I use and your right patience. if you go to deep with the chisel on your hinge recess it will be a pita to get back right.

Neat truck. You are doing a great job