Well I've seen a right-hander with a prototype door that's 1/2" wider than the other, resulting in a big gap where the roof meets the quarter panel. My early car has the opposite problem: both doors are too long - only by a fraction, but they both bang on the ends of the striker pins quite badly, unless the door is shut really carefully. I've seen one car where the end of the striker has been cut off to remedy the problem of the latch banging, it's of a similar age to mine. Chris Nicholson is making me a set of stainless striker pins that are 2mm shorter than stock. Martin #1458 #4426 (doors shut perfectly) "geek321y " wrote: > DML: > I have a 1981 that has larger then usual gap on the left door I was > told that that is typical of early model car I don't buy that excuse > is there something I could do about it without rehanging the door > it's only .5 larger and the door shut perfect but to me it's 2 feet > > Ken > VIN#02700