Since I had the hinge plates for the door hinges I decided to dissemble them today. It only took about 6 hours, no I'm not that slow, I ran into a little problem. First off, can anyone tell the difference in these two rider's side upper hinge bases?
IMG_2064 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
The top one was from the 54 cab and I had planned on using it. The cross piece was actually cut off. I have no idea why, and I didn't notice until I had completely dissembled it. I was about to panic when I remembered I had another rusty upper rider's side hinge from a really rusty door. So I had to take it apart too.
Here are the remnants.
IMG_2065 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
The rest of the hinge parts are waiting for me to get some rebuild kits, clean them up and reassemble them.