I had a 1960 Ford Van ...loooonnngg ago. I was so proud of the pos...I
would put my HD in the back and drive to the races and sleep right beside
it, and do other things...(oh the stories that van could tell).
Anyways...(flashback), ahem..
I was backing out of my driveway and my friend Stan was in the passenger
side. As I looked out over my left shoulder to back out, Stan jumped out
his door, (unbeknownst to me), and did not quite give his door enough of a
shove to close it. I heard this terrible sound and looked at his seat and
not only was he not there, neither was the door...it was hanging on by the
little canvas strap, now dragging on the ground....it had caught on a nearby
maple tree and the tree won. I just sat there in disbelief as my now
ex-friend peered in from the now new entranceway. I must admit, we laughed
our butts off. I was very lucky though. The door was totally unharmed but
the hinges had snapped off right in the middle of each of them. We simply
put the door back on and I had a buddy with a welder that ran a bead on each
hinge and darn, it was nearly as good as new.
Stan is now still serving in the French Foreign Legion, whereabouts
unknown.....
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Andy Levy
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:25 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Door alignment on a GEN III
On 1/18/06, Miles D. Oliver <moliver@mmoliver.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Josh Battles wrote:
>
> >
> > The problem that the original poster will run into is that there's not
really
> > any provisions to pull the door inward towards the cab, just up/down.
I'm
> > sure you could elongate the holes in the hinge but aside from that I
can't
> > see any way of pulling the door inward.
> >
>
> My thoughts exactly, I can see only ways to align the door to fit the
> hole but if it is 'twisted out' then the door won't pinch in properly to
> get a good seal.
>
> The whole problem could have been avoided if she listened to me and not
> opened the door, and waited until the wind died down or grabbed ahold of
> the door more firmly. She usually just opens the door and then uses her
> leg to push the door open when she gets out, the wind caught it and that
> was enough to cause the damage.
My wife doesn't understand why I cringe every time she opens the doors
of any vehicle, just unlatching and pushing, letting it swing to the
stops and bounce. I can just picture her in a windstorm like you
found yourself in with her Hyundai and the door getting ripped off
completely.
Hard lesson to learn.
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