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    31 Victoria hinge removal from door

    Thanks that’s what I thought. I can’t believe they welded it from the back. Oh well I’m going to cut the door side off the bottom driver side. I drilled the pin out slightly off center and it won’t come out. What a pita.
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    31 Victoria hinge removal from door

    Hi All looking for advice on removing hinges from door side. Took passenger one off but not only had to drill the rivets but also had to chisel off the weld behind it. Is this normal or am I missing something? Thanks
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    1931 ford Victoria door alignment

    Thanks for the words of encouragement. The wood is in good condition and I will be removing the body from the frame next week. Looking at it at length today it looks like the bottom of cowl is to far forward on the frame and needs to be pulled back and should bring the door closer to where it...
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    1931 ford Victoria door alignment

    Thanks for the replies and info. Yes this is my first venture into model a’s I found this on market place and liked the body style so I bought it with the intention of hot rodding it so I didn’t look at it as close as I would have for a restoration. Well the more I looked at it and spent time...
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    1931 ford Victoria door alignment

    Looking for some advice on aligning the doors. I have read all the posts and understand shimming the cowl just forward of the A pillar. As you can see from the pics I need to rebuild the one bracket. It seems as though the canvas top is very tight do the ever shrink pulling the cowl rearward...
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