Type 3 door hinges.

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Re: Type 3 door hinges.

Post by Editor » 20th January 2018 - 2:22am

I put a mirror hinge pin in my Dad's 1959 Beetle, but it was probably when it was only about 7 years old, and I was about 20 and happy to hit the old one out with a large lump hammer. Ah, the confidence of youth!
I think I would be more circumspect these days.
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Re: Type 3 door hinges.

Post by broady_6 » 20th January 2018 - 8:25pm

I think you could easily make something from some threaded bar, washers, nuts and tube
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Re: Type 3 door hinges.

Post by broady_6 » 21st January 2018 - 6:28pm

Or if you wanted to get more technical, something like this.

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Re: Type 3 door hinges.

Post by purplepeter » 21st January 2018 - 7:05pm

Search on Volkszone- I'm sure someone made a tool donkeys years ago

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