dragfink when you say the doors were flipped side to side to suicide them, what exactly does that intail, I always liked the look of suicide doors but I hear there a bitch to do on a Model A..whats the easiest/best way to do it?[/QUOTE
...actually, now that I blow up the pic and look at it, (hey, I don't see as well as I used to!),I don't think the doors were flipped...the door handle holes are in the original position, (in the bare steel pics)...it looks like maybe he used original style hinges to suicide the doors...
...on model A's, (of the same year & body style), the doors are the same side-to-side, &, front-to-back, meaning, you can can take a left door and install it on the right side, but the hinges are reversed to the back instead of the front, (if you leave them mounted in the original position on the door), you have to modify, strengthen, and reinforce the rear jamb to accept the hinges, and modify the front jamb for the latch...
...BUT, stock Model A doors overlap the jamb on the outside by about 1/2"-3/4"...that all has to be taken into consideration when re-engineering the suicide hinges...you can lengthen the body so the doors fit flush, or, you can shorten the doors, but, that's all that's a considerable amount of work also, and needs to be well thought out...
'32-'34 truck doors will also flip side-to-side, and they fit flush from the factory, but since they only have 2 hinges, (compared to 3 on Model A's), if you're going to also chop the top, you have to plan out your chop and hinge placement, where as on a Model A, alot of people eliminate the top hinge during the chop...you still have 2 more to carry the weight of the chopped door...
That's why I say all the time, you need to do your homework on all this stuff so you're not destroying valuable vintage tin...I see too many guy's with the attitude of, " It's mine and I'll do what I want with it, besides, how hard can it be?"
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