Door hinge question

[tj_od]

All,

I’ve got a question about the door hinge plates (for lack of a better name) that are riveted to the door and attach to the hinge, on postwar models (hinges below the window). Is there uniformity by year or model as to which way the top plate is mounted?

It seems most of the lower plates have the bent portion on top, while the upper plate goes either way. My 49 has all lower plates with the bend on the top while upper plates have the bend on the bottom [its the white one]. A donor door (from an unknown year but aluminum skinned) I’m working on turning into a patrol door has the bend on the top of the upper plate and lower plate. Additional doors I’ve sourced from a 46 have the lower plates with the bend on top and the uppers are one of each!



If there’s an engineering issue I’m missing I’d love illumination, or maybe it’s random and was left up to whoever was working the line that day, or which parts were fabbed already and on hand?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts,

TJ

[Scott]

The flanges should be up, on both hinges. This will result in the rivets picking up the structure that is spot welded inside the door.

S

[tj_od]

Scott the hinge plate does rivet through the folded T-shaped piece of aluminum that spans the door width and has the interior door handle assembly mounted to it. I don’t think whether the bend is up or down would change the mounting point though.

[Scott]

The hinge on the door frame is likely upside-down then. The hinge on the door frame is not impossible to change but it's not easy.

I guess in the end it doesn't matter, as long as the hinges line up and the rivets pick up the structure.

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