RE: {Chrysler 300} Question about restoration and doors alignment

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Rob-

 

The doors on these cars have several adjustments that are best left to an experienced body man/woman. The adjustments are well spelled out in some of the Chrysler "tech" film strips available on-line and in the shop manual. Its easy to make things worse or chip paint on door and fender edges if you monkey with it in the absence of knowledge and experience. 

 

I cannot say how often I've run into Forward Look cars with ill-fitting doors. My F drivers door had to be lifted up to shut well until I had them adjusted so they close as-new. 

 

The car you are looking at seems in photos to have some "body-work" on the door bottoms. If your pre-purchase inspection did not reveal excessive filler in the doors than I would suspect an adjustment will fix it. 

 

Any car for sale by a classic car "dealer" needs double the due-diligence. You are buying from someone who does not know the car for sale but knows how and is incented to hide the things that would give a buyer pause, so you have to look hard for those. Very hard.

 

When faced with this I have my restorer, with decades of experience eyeball it. You need eyes in the head of a person who puts old cars together on this. As those eyes can see the sins under the paint, wax and tire dressing. 

 

Danny Plotkin

 

Danny Plotkin

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From: "Rob Lutts" <Rob@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 9:59pm
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Subject: {Chrysler 300} Question about restoration and doors alignment

Hello Chrysler Group:

I'm looking at a 1959 Chrysler 300 E Convertible 

for purchase (I just completed an inspection and appraisal)

and it seems both passenger and

driver doors are showing significant misalignment.

It has a body on restoration, repaint, re chrome done in 2014.

Whoever did the work also did not replace the 

hood nose letters as there is simply nothing there.

Is it likely when the repaint was done they removed

doors but did not reinstall correctly?

How easy is this to correct?

I'm questioning the quality of the restoration with those two

issues?

I would appreciate any advice or thoughts from the wisdom

within this group.

Here is the link to the vehicle I am considering:

https://vintagemotorcarsusa.com/1959-chrysler-300e-convertible/ 

Thanks

Rob 

Robert T. Lutts, President and Chief Investment Officer

Cabot Wealth Management, Inc.

216 Essex Street

Salem, Massachusetts 01970

978-979-0880

www.eCabot.com

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