Thanks everybody for the advice, direction, etc. Brentwood Bob is going to send me some OEM hinges and I’m going to see what changes when I put those on. I’ll keep everybody posted.
Also, I’m YouTubing this whole thing if anybody wants to check it out.
Here is the latest video:
https://youtu.be/YueQrHppljw
And here is a link to another thread here on Ford Barn where I introduce the project and link the first You Tube video in my series:
https://fordbarn.com/forum/showthrea...73#post2015673