[FC] Corvan door hinges

[Vairtec at optonline.net]

Andrew, it depends on which doors you are speaking of.  If they are 
the rear doors, then yes, this is stock, a production modification 
made by the factory in response to field complaints of the doors and 
rear of the van being dented by the contact between the doors and 
those rubber bumpers.  This is why 1964 FCs did not have the rubber 
bumpers, they were no longer needed.

But if you are speaking of the side doors, then this is something 
else entirely.  Those doors should open fully and contact the rubber 
bumpers, for all years.

--Bob


At 04:15 PM 10/18/2009, you wrote:
>Bill Strickland wrote
>
>"Everet gives good instructions for stock doors, but check those hinges
>that maybe somebody hasn't welded a strap on them to keep them from
>opening into the side of the van (like they lived where the wind blew),
>or some such"
>
>
>I have a 63 Corvan that has straps welded to the hinge.  It allows 
>the door to be open almost all the way, but they do no contact the 
>rubber bumpers.  Now I'm wondering, is this stock, or has someone 
>modified them?
>
>Andrew Sego