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I had the same issue with both doors on my ‘46 Mercury sedan coupe. The leading edge of the doors rubbed on the cowl post in two places… above and below the belt line. I tried the wood block technique and it only seemed to flex the cowl post a bit, and not the hinge. So I decided that’s had to move the whole door rearward maybe a 1/16”. So I made some shims for the lower hinge with thin aluminum stock I had. For the upper hinge, I tried multiple attempts to use the available slotted movement where the inner door panel bolts to the hinge, but when I retightened the two bolts/star washers, it always went back to its original position in the slot. So I removed the upper hinges and ground about 1/16” off of the face of the hinges where they screw to the door post/cowl. When reinstalled, the hinges are now 1/16” toward the rear of the car. The alignment is now excellent, but it was a lot of work and a large number of fitment attempts taking the doors on and off the car. Good luck, and PM me if you need more clarity via a phone call