Dave, I would recommend using the procedure Rob outlined. The rear glass is a structural component that will affect door install and operation. And for an extra piece of mind, I have several spare rear glass in case your break yours. Your only cost would be a drive to Chicago. As long as you are careful and take your time with the door install and torsion bar adjustments, you should be fine. To be even safer, I cover the back glass with a few folded beach towels or a foam sheet whenever I am doing door adjustments by myself. Good luck and hope to see you and Vixen at Memphis. Later, Rich W. >snip< > I did mount my driver's door and new passenger door on the hinges, and did some preliminary lining up. Rob had suggested a course of action for the alignment that I will now outline: > > 1) Install the rear glass, as it is a structural element and may affect the alignment of the doors (I wonder about this. Is that really the best course of action? I would really prefer to reduce the risk of breakage by not installing it until the doors are aligned and tensioned... Could I just install some wooden shims to hold the window frame in the correct position?) > 2) Install the T-panel and align the doors to the T-panel. (Seeing as how I don't have any other body components on the car yet, I can not line them up to anything else -- I'm not even sure if the lock striker pins have been moved.) > 3) Tension the torsion bar, and check alignment and motion. If incorrect, release tension on torsion bar, shim, and retension torsion bar. > > Comments on / additions to this procedure are of course welcome, and greatly appreciated. Looks like it may be a lot of trial and error... >