26-27 door hinges

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I just want to confirm hinge placement. I have the short set on top and long set down low on the front half of a 26-7 touring car, is that right?
The hinges are all bound up and i cannot get the doors to halfway work right. While working on the body i have the hinges bolts (pins too) loose so's i can get the door gaps right and the panel located that the striker attaches to. The doors are a mess, it occured to me that i may not even have model t doors they might be from a dodge for all i know.
I was discussing the door problem with a friend this evening and he feels the longer hinge goes on top and the shorter on bottom so that a single rod would pass thru both sets. With the short on top and long on bottom the theoretical axis of rotation isn't in a straight line.
Thanks, oj
 
The longer ones should go on the bottom. Post some pictures and it'll be easier for someone to help you out or see what the main problems are. Good luck.
 

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Did you replace the hinges? Coupe hinges are different and the 26-27 match early Model A closed cars. Those have a sort of garnish cover to hide the hinge and pins's guts.
Take them off and trial fit the doors. Then work the hinges until loose. The 26-27 open car doors should swing from latched all the way to the hood with zero effort. When assembled, its critical that the hinge pins line up with a straight edge... ws
 
Randy in ca said:
The longer ones should go on the bottom. Post some pictures and it'll be easier for someone to help you out or see what the main problems are. Good luck.
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I won't insult you with a picture of my junk, it'll make you faint.
My hinges look just like these. If you didn't have the door installed would you be able to slide a rod thru the top set and into the bottom set - as if it were like a piano hinge?
I cannot do so with mine, the top and bottom are offset from each, the bottom set being further out by 1/4". If i slide a 1/4" dowel thru the top set it intersects the lower set at the inside edge of the hole, the entire hole is visible and the dowel resides between the hole and 'a' piller.
Again, they look exactly like the pic in the quoted response.
Thanks, oj
 
Yes! A hinge pin needs to slide through the entire "plane" just like a piano hinge. Can you cut the bottoms and reweld them (cheap!) or try and find replacements (much harder). If its a beater, Id make what I have on hand work. Im cheap!! ws
 
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