A tail of woe!
I thought I'd share some of the frustration I'm having with these bloody doors of mine with you guys
, It's good to share so they say
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When I went into this mini restoration of my 74 260 I never envisaged that the bloody doors would be the bain of my life for so long, Or end up costing so much to put right, Not only where they falling apart at the seams but the window winder mechanisms has caused me no end of head aches thus far!
The winders provided with the car where totally wrong and could not of ever been fitted to these doors, Well not unless 12 years of storage made the doors shrink anyway
, I think what happens was the owner who started this job got hold of some 240 doors but didn't think to check if the early 260 winders would fit, Because they look the same as the 240 ones but aren't, So today some proper 240 winders turned up from fourways who I must say are a fantastic couple of guys to deal with, Very very helpful indeed and forgiving of my short comings as far as knowledge of my car goes
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This is the list so far, Give it another week it will probably be longer.
(1) door frame's had to be completely rebuilt
(2) two new old stock door skins fitted
(3) second hand set of latches because they where missing from the car (cheers Pete)
(4) 2 sets of winder winders so far
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(5) And I still need to find a set of door cards to suit as well.
Having a car that was only made for one year is a real pain in the arse I can tell you, It can't make it's mind up whether it's a 240 or a 260
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Rob