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To answer the questions about the rod ends for pivots, that was something I figured out on my Blackbeard Camaro PM. I had always just glued my doors open in the past, but I really wanted to do working doors on that car. Between the brass pivots glued into the chassis, and those rod ends mounted in that styrene block inside the doors, they are so strong, they will never fail.
I actually ended up having this set too far back on the door, but at the time I didn't understand all the placement requirements and how it would effect things. And my brass pins are actually a little too short, and the doors can come off really easily on that car.
Now when I did the ones on this Mustang, originally I wanted to use brass tube for the door part to slide over the brass pivot wires. But it just wasn't working. So I went back and used the rod ends again But this time I used two per wire to help spread out the load. When I has just one on there, like on the 1/24 scale Camaro, it let the door sag too much as it opened. So I did two per hinge and it worked out perfect. It spread the load out, and the doors swing straight and true now. Now I just need to box in the inner door, and work on the door latch mechanism.
Thanks again!
Clay
