You may need to shim the BODY on the frame! I don't know that particular car but this was very common with early V8 Ford roadsters, the sill plate is not very strong and shimming the cowl to bring up the back of the doors is the norm. Think about it, they fit before the frame swap.........the hinges didn't somehow change, it is the fit of the body to the frame that changed.

Now, can you fix it if it's just minor thru the hinges, sure. But that may not be what you should be doing, that I can't tell from this side of the computer.

Brian

 

yep. we had to do that with the 55 Chevy we did not so long ago. We did the gaps and they fit great. They swap frames and there's all of a sudden an issue with the door gaps.

 

Would the shimming of the body (convertible) be the same method as you follow to do a four door sedan? The reason I ask is that I have a book that shows where to add or subtract shims for a 4 dr. ('37-40 car), but a generic car.

 

I would think it would, basically you need to add shims (washers can be used and probably should be used) on any mount that would raise the rear of the cowl tilting it forward. Or of course this could be accomplished by dropping the front of the cowl if it has washers that is keeping it up higher now.

Brian

 

Will check and see what there is now and take a stab at it. What this means is to jack the body up to lift it off the mounts to insert the shims, on the one side. However, I have to jack it up on the floor. I think the floor is weaker than the cowl and the floor might not be strong enough to lift the whole body on the one side. Any comment?