13-06-2021, 10:14 AM
Mine must have been suffering from the effects of gravity since time mint imperial - I've just been and had a look and someone (not me by the way) has ground off some of the bottom of the door latch mechanism so the door will stay shut... I guess it must have been easier to do that than relocate the latch plate on the B pillar.
I guess it's an easier fix if the general state of the body shell is suffering the ravages of time and metal-worm, but mine has been re-built like the Graf Spee. I reckon any enthusiastic jacking to sort the door aperture is likely to either distort the screen aperture or kink the roof. Best left alone, unless someone passing wants to have a go... I presume the door rubbers were to stop rattles, before the advent of draught excluders.
I guess it's an easier fix if the general state of the body shell is suffering the ravages of time and metal-worm, but mine has been re-built like the Graf Spee. I reckon any enthusiastic jacking to sort the door aperture is likely to either distort the screen aperture or kink the roof. Best left alone, unless someone passing wants to have a go... I presume the door rubbers were to stop rattles, before the advent of draught excluders.