10-01-2019, 08:51 PM
Remember Rob that if a car has been restored, all these measurements could be slightly different.. although perhaps it's more likely for the door to stay 'as was' as it was one of the few areas which didn't rot! I've got some of Bill Sheehan's notes here on some of the factory plans. these are ambiguous, but I've got:
width of doorways 21"
"22.5 at top?"
"28.5 at floor level"
which chime nicely with Colin's findings. It would be good if we had other findings and I can put them on the Nippy site. The other measurement that is crucial (to wheel centring in the wheelarch) is the horizontal distance between door hinge line and rear wing at its narrowest point. As this IS an area that rots out, it's often wrong, or at least different from the road test car and factory plan dimensions...
width of doorways 21"
"22.5 at top?"
"28.5 at floor level"
which chime nicely with Colin's findings. It would be good if we had other findings and I can put them on the Nippy site. The other measurement that is crucial (to wheel centring in the wheelarch) is the horizontal distance between door hinge line and rear wing at its narrowest point. As this IS an area that rots out, it's often wrong, or at least different from the road test car and factory plan dimensions...