Jim - I'd like to see the photos of the door stop. Although my '56
doesn't have the rear hinges, it can still come open (once so far)
albeit without the high speed excitement that the rear hinges afford.
Jo Ann
On 18 Jul, 2007, at 15:31, Jim Flint wrote:
Ok, just have to mention that a wood door stop cut to fit the handle you
hang on when you get in, can be then wedged into placed between that
handle
and the door, making it impossible for the door to open during transit.
Might leave a few marks unless you put some leather on the bottom. I can
take a photo of mine to share if you are interested. Just email me. Thx,
Jim
P.S. not my idea as I saw it on a forum or in a book somewhere.
> Alan,
>
> There must be a rash of this going on. Yesterday the door on my '60
> Overlander flew open at 65mph. It was hanging on by one of the 2 hinges,
> and
> that one is in pretty poor shape. I just returned from taking it to my
> "local" vintage friendly Airstream dealer. The tech said that he had not
> seen one in such bad shape. Normally he would just bend it back into
> shape.
> However the door frame stretched too far. He is suprised that it did not
> break, and said that the repair would be easier if it had. About a 2 foot
> section of the normally curved frame is flat. His solution is to take it
> apart, cut, weld back into shape and reassemble with a new outer skin.
> Yikes!
>
> Why Airstream persists with suicide doors I have no idea. It does not have
> to be that way.
>
> As for your seal, I have found that JC Whitney had what I needed.
>
> Scott Scheuermann
> 1960 Overlander