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Last night my dad and I went through the hassle of fitting a straight door to the 73 fastback I'm restoring. Now, the fit adjustment procedure would have been easy if not for the fact that the car was in an accident many years ago (before it fell into my hands)...the car was hit right at the front right wheel, and the fender and door were also damaged. We've already determined that the frame is straight...after replacing the front beam, obtaining nice fenders from list personality AT-LARGE RJ Latherow (thanks again!), and swapping door mechanicals from the bashed door to a nice, straight shell, I'm a bit disappointed at the results. Looks like we didn't move the lower door hinge mount (on the A-pillar) back to the original position, as was previously thought...its still pushed in and back a bit...the door fits a bit funny where it meets the front fender on top, but after some gentle coersion all the other gaps are relatively even. I'll probably end up grinding a bit off the rear of the right front fender so its not so close to the door. So I'm one step closer to putting this 73 fasty back on the road...I'm doing all I can to ensure that this car will be a nice, weatherproof daily driver for years to come...at this point I've accepted that the accident will be slightly noticable by the educated eye, but hey - at least I've saved another type III from the boneyard, right? The car is so solid, and only has 40K on the odometer...new interior, total exterior redo, new wheels and tires, engine tune-up, brake adjustment, new exhaust, and countless hours of effort had better net me one &%$#@ing nice car! :-) -Doug 69 auto FI square 73 FI fasty 98 NB douglas_brashear@mail.amsinc.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org