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1974 Roadrunner Re-Paint and Some Upgrades

Large gap at middle of door to quarter panel about 1/8" flush panel to panel. Definitely need to block the vehicle together.
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Here's the passenger side again that round rod filled. It might not look like much difference in pictures but it's double from drivers door on gap now.
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It looks like you're making some good progress on it.

Your observation about needing to block the car with the doors attached is spot on. We blocked the driver's door off of our car, then had to re-do it when we installed the door and the gaps were off. Ours had a lot of the same issues as yours, and it took a lot of finessing (including work with body hammers, cutting and welding) to get something acceptable.
 
Fun. Fun. Fun. I have always felt that panel fitment got worse as the 70's rolled on. Not that I have never seen bad panels on earlier cars too..... just that the later into the 70's the consistent bad fitment seemed to become more and more prevalent.
 
That top door to fender curvature gap looks whacked on my car and it’s original. It will be nice to see how the body panel gaps should have been as opposed to how Chrysler actually did them
 
donmodro said:
Which hinges did you use? We went with the OER ones from Classic Industries.
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Got them off eBay. HECASA is the brand listed. Probably the same aftermarket Chinesium Classic Industries and everybody else sells. I’m sure they all come from the same Chinese factory.
 
RSMS said:
That top door to fender curvature gap looks whacked on my car and it’s original. It will be nice to see how the body panel gaps should have been as opposed to how Chrysler actually did them
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Makes me feel better that mine isn’t the only one messed up.
 
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I’m finally installing my gas tank and while I was under the car looking at it thinking how unique this car is, I thought I would post what an untouched, original metal car is like for a comparison to Dan’s several hundred hour restoration. I wish I had lighting here in my garage so you could see better. It’s all metal and you can see the original seam sealer in between the panels still

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Here is the passenger side door to fender gaps on mine. It is actually pretty good and consistent, this is probably the best the factory made it look. My driver side also original is not as nice, I’m going to play with it to try to get it as nice as the

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RSMS said:
Here is the passenger side door to fender gaps on mine. It is actually pretty good and consistent, this is probably the best the factory made it look. My driver side also original is not as nice, I’m going to play with it to try to get it as nice as the

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Wow. I thought mine were bad.
 
RR Fan Dan said:
Wow. I thought mine were bad.
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That's an untouched gap as it left the factory. It's atleast pretty consistent but you would think Chrysler would have engineered the gaps a little better. Like I said, my drivers side is worse. Quality control back then was not a priority. It will be nice to see what "worked" gaps look like. I bet it will make the car look much cleaner and well refined.
 
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