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Are the lower halves of the rear door hinges identical, or are they "handed" as the upper halves?

Having just been involved in cleaning and preparing a set for repainting, I can assure you that they are handed! I took a pair off a door to clean up, and when I had done so I started the hunt for the other pair which I had removed from the other door 20 years ago! I am not the most tidy or organised person, so you can imagine my joy when, after hours of searching, I found them! Then, when I compared them with the first, they were identical in every way, ie a second set of driver's side hinges!
Still haven't found them, but got a full set on eBay for 99p! Can't complain!!!
There IS a tidy person inside me who wants to come out! I'm sure of it!

I have my hinges off now and can see a slight difference. They have numbers cast into them, two have 18 on one side and 20 on the other, two have 22 on one side and 24 on the other side.
The cups sit slightly higher on two than they do on the two others.
I can't eyeball any difference in the cups being left or right of the centerline.
My guess is that a high cup and a low cup go on each side of the Traveller.
I'll have to experiment to determine which goes on top.

There's some photos of the hinges here which might be useful: http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f= ... oor+hinges

The pictures are very helpful. I'll have them in one hand when things go back together today.
Thanks very much.
DAvid

I've redone the hinges, and the doors fit nicely now. There were some numbers cast into the hinge pieces, and for what it's worth, here's how I've lined them up.
Top left hinge: The number 19 was cast into the upper hinge, the numbers 18 and 20 were cast into the lower half.
Top right hinge: Number 17 on the upper half, 18 and 20 again on the lower half.
Lower left hinge: Number 23 on the upper half, 22 and 24 on the lower half.
Lower right hinge: Number 21 on the upper half, 22 and 24 on the lower half.