plug door installation
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As a follow up to a recent posting concerning refrigerated box cars and while waiting for some doors from doctorwayne,I deceided to experiment. I picked up a couple of 10' plug doors from LHS. Following some directions from doctorwayne,I enlarged the opening and removed upper and lower rail guides. I looked real close at the door and could not see anything molded on the door that looked it would fit into a rail for sliding the door. What I did see was what looked the same kind of door locking that are used on tractor-trailers.So Once I got the door down to size,I fitted it into the opening. I then started to install hinges which you can see in the upper left door.
I like the way this is looking and will probably do the same on the actual car.
I know the photo quality is not that good but I was more interested in showing the door than anything else.
Comments on the door installation would be appreciate.
Bob
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