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Correct seams for front door openings of a 1956 Wolfsburg bus
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:15 pm    Post subject: Correct seams for front door openings of a 1956 Wolfsburg bus Reply with quote
Looking for photos of the correct seams for the inside top front door openings for 1956 Wolfsburg bus. The PO of my bus smoothed them down with a grinder. They look like this now:
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Should there be a horizontal seam in there somewhere where the roof panel is connected to body panel?

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:48 am    Post subject: Re: Correct seams for front door openings of a 1956 Wolfsburg bus Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Correct seams for front door openings of a 1956 Wolfsburg bus Reply with quote
Thanks to CaLiBus for answering this question. Measures 3 1/4" from bottom of drip rail to the first turn into door jam.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:21 am    Post subject: Re: Correct seams for front door openings of a 1956 Wolfsburg bus Reply with quote
did someone grind that area out in an effort to make the doors close better? i'm missing why that specific area would be ground out....
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