Thanks Bill G.!

[93Z34]

Thanks for the article in the November issue of Model Cars Bill. I got alot from your article but still have a couple questions regarding hinging doors on cars newer than the 50's and early 60's. How would you fabricate hinges for, say a '70 Roadrunner and still have them work and function in a decent manner? I was kicking the idea of taking a block of styrene rod to make that style hinge, but was wonderign what your thoughts and take might be on the newer hinges...

[MrObsessive]

Your quite welcome Brian!

Without going into a long drawn out explanation................1970 Chrysler products all had their doors turn inward inside the fender. What you'd need is a support structure that would run from the bottom of the A pillar down to the rocker, unlike what I did in the '55 Chevy article.

I have a link here of the '63 Turbine Car I built months ago which shows this type of hinge. Some of the pics have text and some don't.

Your construction will vary as a '70 Roadrunner is quite different from a Turbine Car........... But you'll get the idea in the basic construction.

Hmmm...........sounds like maybe a part 2 on the hinging?

BTW, if I don't answer back right away, it's due to a new laptop which I have along with my desktop and I'm trying to work the bugs out of it. It's not cooperating with the router at times----although I think that might have to do with my next door neighbors cordless phone.

Nevertheless, I won't be back on probably until tomorrow evening if you have any more questions.

HTH!