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A sedan is a good choice. A tudor can be bought very reasonably. There is one on FB now for about 5200. that is in running condition, in W Virginia.

If you open the doors and the doors close without sagging, you probably have a very reasonable car.
Join a club and take one or two guys with you to check them out. Plenty of retired guys willing to help you out.
 
Thank you Marshall V. Daut.
Is this an issue only in the 4 doors model?
The wood problem is not so dramatic with the Tudor model?

Thank you again

Pablo
 
Hi Ronn, I was looking for the car you said in FB. Was in marketplace or inside some specific FB group?
Do you have the name of the WV citi?

Thanks for your help

Pablo
 
The pre-slant windshield four-door (spelled "Fordor" in company nomenclature) bodies are the ones with the sagging doors if the structural wood has gone bad. Doors in the '29 Fordors are also framed in wood, which goes bad and affects closing and staying closed. Ford corrected this potential wooden structure problem by building the body entirely of steel in the late 1931 Fordor models, something Chevy didn't learn until the late 1930's. (Wood was still used in the top and inside for tacking interior panels, but not for structure) Unless a Tudor has been in an accident, mis-hanging doors are not usually a problem. Weak or broken hinges can affect this, however, as can body shimming. Chances are, any Tudor you look at will be alright. But still lift the doors up and down while watching the hinges flexing. Loose hinge bolts, broken hinges or worn hinge pins should be evident, all relatively easily repaired through adjustment or with new parts. Tudors have their own special problems, but once again, nothing that can't be addressed and repaired.
Marshall
 
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