Re: Good Door fit - how?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:45 am
Hi guys,
i have posted a picture of my door just after the new paint job and without the rubber weather seals in, it looked great. And to keep it looking good, I had gone through three different weather stripping products to get it to stay a good fit. My S3 coupe came off the line in July of 1966. i have been told that the molds had not yet warped out of shape and that I was one of the lucky ones. So not all of elans came with the door problem. I have seen several other elans with original doors that appeared to fit pretty good. Again depending on the weather stripping's thickness a how soft it was.
Bob Grout, the body and paint man, has fixed elan doors and he will be at Mike Ostrov tech session Oct.27th for those here on the west coast. Check GGLC site (Golden Gate Lotus Club) for directions. Sorry Jolly Jumper you can not be there. They go through fiberglass and painting preps.
Sarto
i have posted a picture of my door just after the new paint job and without the rubber weather seals in, it looked great. And to keep it looking good, I had gone through three different weather stripping products to get it to stay a good fit. My S3 coupe came off the line in July of 1966. i have been told that the molds had not yet warped out of shape and that I was one of the lucky ones. So not all of elans came with the door problem. I have seen several other elans with original doors that appeared to fit pretty good. Again depending on the weather stripping's thickness a how soft it was.
Bob Grout, the body and paint man, has fixed elan doors and he will be at Mike Ostrov tech session Oct.27th for those here on the west coast. Check GGLC site (Golden Gate Lotus Club) for directions. Sorry Jolly Jumper you can not be there. They go through fiberglass and painting preps.
Sarto