ClassicCar

I am currently working on a 1941 Suburban and I want to change the way the back door opens. However, headaches and disappointment follow any modification job. So here's the problem:



Originally, these doors opened from the middle, like a side-by-side refrigerator. But I've welded the doors together and I want it to open, as one piece, from the bottom and hinged at the top. I've gotten this far but I can't find anything that will push the 150 lbs. door out and then flip it up. All the shocks I've used push the door up, causing the door to rub the drip rail. I don't want to get rid of the drip rail nor trim the door.



I've seen pics on the internet of other 1941 Suburbans that have a solid back door that opens from the bottom, but there is no way of contacting the owner of the vehicle to ask him HOW?:confused:



Any help or suggestions would be very appreciated!