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Originally Posted by Steve Plucker
So Casey,
Just where did the problem exist and just how are the repro brackets different than the original brackets?
Pluck
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Kevin 68C is the first person to put this idea into my head, Pluck, but I think he’s correct. And I’m assuming you meant hinge and not bracket...I think that the repro hinges are cast from on OE part, and therefore when the cast iron shrinks, the hinge winds up smaller in every dimension.
The problem was compounded by the fact that the rest of my reproduction parts in the back half of the car all had tolerances that stacked up in the wrong direction, this time. But, here’s something I found VERY interesting. Look at the quarter panel brace and hinge bracket location on this early Brookville body that belongs to a friend of mine.
That sure looks high and forward to me...