Captain Bud

1960 Corvette. left front door sticks out at the bottom rear corner. I can't think of a way to adjust the door to align the bottom of the door with the rocker panel. OI have room to raise the door about 1/4" but then then the cove moldings won't line up. Any suggestions?

Frankie the Fink

That's not unusual unless some body work is done. Not sure what you can do about it that won't have a deleterious affect on some other aspect of the fit (e.g. cove molding alignment, door height, etc..) Might be worth a try to shim the top hinge on the door side to tilt the top outboard some....not even sure that might help much.

The ST-12 doesn't offer much help either: http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com...62csg0113.html
but you could try moving the striker in just a scooch (technical term) as described in the ST-12. That might make the issue less pronounced at the bottom if it doesn't pull the top rear of the door inboard too much...

DansYellow66

It seems like most of the originals have the same fit in that area. It would probably require some sectioning of the jamb area of the door to fix.

Roger Walling

Better pic's would help but if you moved the top hinge out a little and the lower one in a little and brought in the striker a little it would balance it some what. (and re adj. the door post)

Or you could just fill in the qut. panel and rocker pan. up to meet the door with fiberglass.

wraplock

just throwing this out there, not sure if it will help but...maybe by adding or removing some of the body mount shims on one side or the other will rack (twist) the body a small amount and close that gap. When I dropped my body back down onto the frame I had to play with the shims to get good alignment of my gaps.

Don

Frankie the Fink

My no-hit 61 has a similar fit. Not quite so pronounced though.