Traveller door hinges rusty

[1965 mogster]

Hello people I bought my traveller 2 weeks ago. The main welding has been done floors, sills etc. But I've noticed on opening the front doors the bottom hinge (the side hats attached to the car itself) opens so far then stops opening and as the pillar to which it's attached to is rusty around the hinge it starts to pull the pillar with it. My idea is to take the door off and leave the hinges on and weld around the hinges to make it strong again. Will that work or is there a better way. Thanks guys.

[greendefender123]

Ideally you need to take the wing off 1st and see what you find behind. Hopefully it will be fine and pillar just needs a small repair. I had to repair mine both sides of the pillar.[frame][/frame]

After plenty of welding it's all sound and the door gaps are good.[frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

[simmitc]

The best way is to remove the door and wing and then weld in a new pre-formed pillar section, available from the usual traders. You might find that you need to extend the welding.

[1965 mogster]

Ah that's good to know I wasn't sure whether it'd be a pain to fix or pretty simple

[bmcecosse]

It's certainly not simple - with rot in this area there will be more inside for you to discover. And the other side? The same ?

[1965 mogster]

Yeah I'd say so I don't know how bad it all is yes though, not until I take the doors and wings off.

[bmcecosse]

Let's see some pictures..... Was any of this known when you bought the car?

[1965 mogster]

I haven't got any photos of that part yet I'll get some in the morning ill try add a pic to this of the car itself though if I can work out how haha

[bmcecosse]

It's very easy -just reduce the size of the picture to 600 x 460...

[MoggyBlue]

I haven't got any photos of that part yet I'll get some in the morning ill try add a pic to this of the car itself though if I can work out how haha

When it comes to uploading an image if you have Facebook I like to messege the picture to myself and save it that way it's smaller and due to my awful nternet it uploads much quicker being a smaller resolution

[1965 mogster]

I emailed them to myself in a smaller size so here goes .....[frame][/frame]

[1965 mogster]

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[amgrave]

Are you one of our Australian members by any chance

[1965 mogster]

Haha wish I lived there lol no I'm in Leicester

[1965 mogster]

I've managed to get some photos of the drivers side hinge and the passenger side is about the same[frame][/frame]

[1965 mogster]

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[bmcecosse]

Oh dear - looks like you have some work ahead....

[1965 mogster]

Yeah quite a lot haha