[DML] Re: putting D in Museum - advice?

["basfe25" <dmcman73@xxxx>]

Hmmm... I didn't know that. What I do know is that the guy I bought 
my Delorean from stored it with the Passenger side door open (don't 
ask becasue I don't know why he did) and he said that when he first 
had the car the doors worked great but after a year being open it 
began sagging. You notice a huge difference between the drivers door 
(that was not left open) and the passenger side. Drivers door opens 
fine and stays up but the passenger side droops so low I have to use 
a broom stick to keep it open when I work on it (the car isn't ready 
for the road yet). After I finish the car I'm getting a pair of new 
struts for both doors.

Steve

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Hank Eskin" <heskin@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Don't have them display the car with the doors open (put extra 
strain on the torsion bar and strut) I was told by Rob Grady that leaving the doors open actually minimizes the strain on the torsion bar and struts. It is my understanding that when the doors are closed, both the torsion bar and struts are "loaded". When open, they both are in a non-stressed state.
> 
> -Hank #1619