Tony's 40 ford

Somewhere along the way we discovered that convertible doors are six inches longer than coupe doors. To maintain proper proportions for a convertible, Tony decided to make the switch. Convertible doors are kind of thin on the ground. Luckily, sedan doors are about the same length and Tony was able to score a pair of those for reasonable money.

The swap involved cutting the rear door jamb on the quarter panel and moving it back about six inches.

To get the door gaps close we actually made spacers and welded the jamb to the door first and then welded the jamb to the quarter panel. Once that was done the tack welds and spacers holding the jamb and the door together were removed.

The stock height sedan doors had to be sectioned two and a half inches between the hinges and the front door jambs had to have the bottom hinges moved up.

Inside door shot showing the re-positioned brace.