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MG MGA - Door re-skinning

Advice please on who best to re skin a drivers door. I have the new ally skin which looks like it needs to be rolled more to form the curve at the top of the door so I would be looking for someone with a goodly amount of nouse to get things looking as original and ensure dimensions front/back, top /bottom, etc, are maintained. Hopefully someone reasonably local.
Many Thanks

Mark Dollimore

"nouse" ?
Art Pearse

Hi Art
Sorry it means intellect or common sense

M
Mark Dollimore

Aar, Oi thought that be it!
Art Pearse

A friend of mine had a chap near Birmingham ( Sidwell's Garage) do his from scratch - I went with him to see it done - see photo of "Sid" on one of his machines fettling it. He is a Jaguar specialist though, but did this MGA one as a favour.

Cam Cunningham

Notice that Sid left the top triangular piece attached to the door frame and then welded to rectangular door skin to it when in position - - it made it much easier to get a good fit of the main skin.

Cam Cunningham

Hi Mark
I reckon that a Metal Shrinker ( a little machine that I bought from Frost) would do that job very easily. Just shrink the metal on the flange and it will pull the door skin profile around to match the original shape. Keep taking the panel out of the machine to trial fit, but don't worry if you overdo it. You can change the jaws of the machine to make it into a Metal Stretcher, to correct any mistakes.
Regards
David
D Jacobs

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