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Pillars and Rockers...The Good and the Bad


As I stated in a previous post, the latch pillars and hinge pillars are fastened to the rocker panels and the flooring of the car. The way that is accomplished it a set of curves from the pillars to the rockers. The rockers themselves are fastened from the rear of the rocker panel to the pillars with a countersunk screw. They are then screwed to the floor sides along the bottom edge. You can see the curved sections of the rockers here. The pillars would then be screwed to the floor via two brackets.


The countersunk screw hole is shown here, circled with chalk.


However, the pillars have curved sections too. These rockers were made by my restoration contact using my originals as patterns. BUT....the pillar curved pieces were not in his possession when they were made. I still had those, and didn't send them. Notice how accurate the curves are for the door opening. This is the Driver's Side rocker.


The curved sections are supposed to be attached to the latch and hinge pillars, but years of neglect had caused them to become separated from their parents. Epoxying them seemed to be the answer. However, they need a LOT more work to be entirely serviceable. Driver's side latch pillar.


Driver's side hinge pillar.


Passenger side latch pillar.



Passenger side hinge pillar.

I am almost 100 percent positive that some of this work will have to be redone. One of the pillars, I drilled into it and inserted dowels to strengthen the repair.




One of the hinge pillars didn't have a tenon at the top, when the wood was replaced. I fixed that by cutting a new hole and fitting a tenon into it. It is embedded into the pillar and epoxied.


I consider myself fortunate that any of the original rockers were remaining and that the one pillar had already been duplicated before I got the body.


These are the original rockers, and someone's previous attempt to replicate one.


A shot of the new rockers with the original curved sections of the pillars laid on top of them.


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