Shell Valley doors - highest bid by 5/10/04 gets em
 

Anyone need a pair of Shell Valley doors? I have a pair I bought years ago - no need for them now.

Highest bidder by 5/10/04 get's em. I've got $50.00 as an opening bid.

Buyer pays for shipping (or you are welcome to come get 'em if you like)

Dave

dd_semko@msn.com

doors
 

Hello Dave do you want the bidding online or private. If its to be here I'll start with $55, if not please e-mail me.

Thanks
Frank

Online auction is fine...

A couple folks have sent email with questions - I'll post the answers here to help out the others...

The doors are complete inner/outer, assembled and primed in black primer (as delivered from SV). I see nutserts at the hinge and latch points - but do not know if there is any internal structure.

I have a couple sets of hinges, make me an offer I can't refuse, and they go with the doors :-)

No latches tho' :-(

Doors need a little work on the upper corner where it meets the cowl.

Pictures should be available later this week - I'll email to anyone that requests them.

Dave

I thought you were going to say you got your doors blown off......

Here's a tricky one....
 

Any idea how close they are to an original shape. Is it possible to measure some prominent features like longest and tallest points?

I'll take some pics, and also make a sketch with measurements.

The doors have never been on a car - so they should be as original as they come from SVM. One of the doors needs a little work on the corner - - but not a difficult fix for someone with a little knowledge of working glass. I think it can be bonded using Duraglass, and the seem would easily fill with a high solids primer... but hey, what do I know :-)

With respect to the dimension being anything close to original... I have doubts. Every one of the body manufactures has their own little 'tweaks' in the body. I had these doors back when I had a CSX body in the shop - and they were a bit narrower, and the roll at the top was closer to 90 degrees. I think the radius on the top where they meet the cowl is also a bit different, as the SVM cowl hoop is larger diameter, and located further back than the originals. That said, they would be a good start if someone needed a door to modify for their car.

If anyone want pics - be sure to send me an email, as the pics
will be too large to post here on the thread.

Mickmate... I have some orignal frame parts if ya need 'em (main tubes & rear arch). I've had them for years, they came with an old body I bought from a Ford engineer... I'm told they were made in the prototype shop when Ford was planning to build some of the first gen electric cars, and used a longer version of the Cobra body and chassis as a pilot. Don't know if the story is true - but it sounded good to me
Current price is $55 plus shipping...:D

Hey Dave, don't go to any trouble on measuring it. You answered my question already as they either fit or not with this type of thing. I am curious about those other bits though. Any pics?
Cheers

Pictures have been sent... please let me know if you missed them.

The files are too big to post here :(


Dave