Door distance to chassis

[Lundegaard]

Hi guys
Just wount to now how the gab from the chassis to the indside door is supposed to be, starting from the top front 10mm, going Down 15mm, door bottom front 24mm, door bottom b piller 26mm, B piller midt 15mm, and up 9mm.

Front top door 10mm

Front bottom 15mm

Front door bottom 24mm

Door bottom B pillar 26mm

B pillar midt 15mm

B pillar top 9mm

[neilb]

i can't tell you the gap distance as my 356 is not quite ready for that but! i can say it should be pretty much equal all around, as the door rubber seal is the same diameter along its length.

what have you done on the car?

full resto?

what has been replaced?

are both sides the same?

[Lundegaard]

It is a full restoration, bought body parts for $ 3,500. But before I started to renovate the doors, I measured also the door distance and then it was not quite the same.
What would be an acceptable tolerance goals,1- 2 mm or 2-3mm, would that be acceptable.
Here is a few pic of the renovation.
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[neilb]

sorry can't see the second lot of pictures but lets say its as bad as mine! (which is quite bad) so if you have the front fender on and the door fits flush with that i would go with the 10mm gap you have at the door pillar top. there will be an acceptable limit of tolerance but i would fit a rubber seal or part of a rubber seal at the door pillar top and see how much 'squash' you have on the rubber, and that will give you a good guess on tolerance.

i will say that although replacement panels look correct, they very seldom are correct!

i found that out in the early 80's fitting replacement panels that were not genuine, they looked great but seldom were...

factory tolerance's even today are +-3mm that's 3mm either side of the measurement. less is better lol

[Lundegaard]

Here are the pictures I tried and transfer earlier, by the way, it is a 63 sc.














By the way, after I mounted rocker panel, the distance has become less where rocker panel meets the door bottom.

[neilb]

i'll be honest... yours is way better than mine was

check every detail with the original panels (if poss) it may sound repetitive but check check check

your doing a great job and I'm sure you'll get there

[JTR70]

Hey Kasper,

Thanks for showing us your project. Looks like you're doing a really nice job there! I can take those measurements from my coupe if you like. Its an A-car but the doors and steel are original and I am quite sure that gap distance remained consistent throughout production. Let me if you want them. Keep up the great work on this project!
Justin

[Lundegaard]

Hi Justin
It might be nice, so I have some targets to compare with.

[JTR70]

Here they are Kasper. These were taken with the door fully latched in its final position. All these cars will certainly vary a by few mm's but hopefully these will provide a good base line.

Top of door at A-pillar center of the dash pad profile.

Same spot but with measuring tape.

bottom of the door at A-pillar/threshold.

one more same spot with tape.

rear door at threshold. (Threshold Edge green arrow)

One more same spot with tape.

Top of door at B-pillar.

One more of the same with tape...

[Lundegaard]

Hi Justin
Thank you so mutch for the fotos. It looks that my mesurements is only 1-2mm +- from your mesuremants, so will asume it is okay