Info needed: Cab 11 Doors

[Owen Evans]

Jonathan, Phil, Bob,

Thanks for your responses. Here goes:

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Mine are made from some heavy tubing stock which had ID of 3/8 inch cut and welded to some 1/4 inch floor plate. Pins are just 3/8 inch bolts with the heads filed down. Simple and crude but they work just fine. They have the added bonus of if I want to drive with the doors off just drive out the pin. Cheers Phil

I'd forgotten I did something similar on the arctic top off my M38 Jeep. Only difference was I used a 1/4" clevis pin and R-clip in lieu of the bolt.

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

The Unique cab 11/12 hinges are NOT available anywhere that I know of and will need to be fabricated from 1/4 thick stock unless you can find some old ones. The Ford models available require too much rewelding of holes and redrilling to be worth the $$$ asked.

As a footnote, I checked with O'Neill's Vintage Ford in the UK, and their recommendation is not to use the repro Model A hinges (even on Model A's), due to very poor quality.

Found Bob's info (post 60 on):
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...t=12207&page=2

Post 163 onwards here is also of interest:
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...t=20363&page=6

I'll post some better pictures of my doors over the weekend, to gather opinion on them..

Thanks,
Owen.