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Old 10-30-2010, 03:49 PM   #14
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Re: 57 Truck with a Danish touch

I would look at the order of assembly in the Factory Assembly Manual. My recollection is that the step went in first with the floor, hinge and corners spot welded over the step. I would spot weld in braces to keep the hinge and door jamb pieces in allignment. Then do the hinge pockets so you have something solid to mount the doors on for trial fitting. Then drill out the spot welds in the step, remove it and replace the step first. I would also do the floor cowl area at the same time. I would check the alignment of the door bottom to the step to make sure they are parallel. Then do the rear cab corner. My steps were ok so I just had to deal with the lower hinge and cab corner. The hinges were only rusted thru at the bottoms so I did not have to remove any attachments to the step which kept the alignment.
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