Ludwig Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Anyone had any experience of buying new Heritage doors? Left hand only seems to be available - are they any good regarding fit/panel line - up etc, or am I best reskinning (with door shell on car) ?Thanks once again in anticipation!Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I've no experience with the doors, I've been pretty unimpressed with the bonnets though. Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Mmmm, I've got one of their boot - lids, whilst it's a decent fit the finishing on the welds etc leaves a lot to be desired, I suspect a door or indeed a bonnet is less forgiving.TaAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I've never used one of the bonnets myself, but I have been able to study them with a local restorer. Alignment on one was particularly dreadful, skewed severely to one side. Cheers,Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTsixCA Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Just recently re-skinned a door with a heritage panel, the fit was passable and it went on very easily, i did notice that where the weatherstrip sits there should be a flat surface, however the new panel does not have this so i will probably end up with a slight gap.As expected you will also have to drill for the door lock and handle.I can neverr understand why you can buy 1 door complete but not the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 GTsixCA wrote:I can neverr understand why you can buy 1 door complete but not the other.I presume because the tooling has been lost/damaged? :-/Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTsixCA Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Ludwig wrote:I presume because the tooling has been lost/damaged? :-/AlexGood point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimboyfat Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Actually the 'Heritage' left hand door was that produced some years ago was a Taylor Pressform (better known to most as Steelcraft) effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimboyfat Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Oop's didn't mean to send that, I hadn't finished.Why did they do a left hand door first? Because that's USA Spitfire drivers door, and where did most Spitfires end up?Sales were so slow that the right hand door was never pursued. When Heritage took over marketing Steelcraft product they pulled the plug on any further development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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