[Bob Carriere]

First of all our Chev trucks have a inner skin on the doors that hides many sore spots.

Mac does have the exact door handle with the long grooves....also has very close to original inner handles.

I used the Vee shape dovetails from Mac as mine where badly worn off. The repro do look the part even if the blocks are black plastic.

Hinges are always a problem...... the overall cab integrity is questionable at best...... the whole door alignment can be ruined by stertching the back of the cab front or back. Later modification were added on the cab 12 by having a 1/2 inch steel plate bolted under the floor plate corner of the cab... also stop straps added to keep the door from hitting the cargo box.

There are many parade ground pictures of cab 11 in Canada with the driver's door fully open back against the fuel tank/cargo box...... although not visible I would not be surprised to learned they were actually tied back for easy in and out.

Now the lock stricker.... most of the ones I have have been extended by welding or even worst brazing...... mine will need to be resurfaced - rebuilt but I am waiting to see how much is needed. Simialrly I have hinges staht are bent everywhich way...... that will all be the custom adjustment that will be needed to match the oddity of my cab...... it is almost as if each door set is custom made to fit one particular truck.

To date I have not been able to source replacement hinges for the cab 11/12 except for some very similar Model T solid brass for $300 + US bucks.... H**l I did not pay that much for the whole truck.

On the cab alignment......I have sinned and added the cab 12 floor plates reinforcements as they just bolt right up and will add some metal strips reinforcements to the wooden roof structure for greater rigidity ...... and make sure the tube/pipe of the windshield is properly mig welded with internal L brackets for rigidity. Then drive it on a rough road and shake it all loose hihihi.....

...and if the doors do not fit properly I will drive it with the doors partly opne using the big original shed door hook and eyelet devices.... now we finally know what they were for....all tis time I thougfh they were for ventilation...

Bob
........... very nice job by the way....