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An improved door pillar assembly for a passenger car coachwork formed as a substantially vertical extruded light metal hollow-section member and having an outer wall to which longitudinally spaced upper and lower hinge lugs are adjustably secured for swivel connection of a vehicle door. The extruded

An improved door pillar assembly for a passenger car coachwork formed as a substantially vertical extruded light metal hollow-section member and having an outer wall to which longitudinally spaced upper and lower hinge lugs are adjustably secured for swivel connection of a vehicle door. The extruded hollow section member includes a pair of inner transverse ridge members which extend along the longitudinal dimension and divide the hollow interior into three transversely spaced cage sections. Each of the outer cage sections further includes a longitudinal channel formed into the inner surface of the common wall to which the hinge lugs are adjustably secured. An upper and lower pair of slots are provided in the outer wall and are aligned with respect to the channels for receiving the mounting hardware (i.e., bolts) for the hinge lugs whereby the hinge lugs can be selectively positioned within the slots prior to tightening to provide a desired height adjustment. The slots are sufficiently wide to permit a desired range of transverse adjustability for each hinge lug. The hinge pin support arms of each of the upper and lower hinge lugs are transversely offset from one another such that the hinge pin may be easily positioned at a desired oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the door pillar to ensure proper fit of the vehicle door.

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A slanting door pillar assembly in a vehicle coachwork for improved swivel mounting of a vehicle door comprising in operative combination: a) an extruded light-metal, hollow-section closed tubular pillar member, slanted from vertical, having a first wall provided with at least two pairs of transvers

A slanting door pillar assembly in a vehicle coachwork for improved swivel mounting of a vehicle door comprising in operative combination: a) an extruded light-metal, hollow-section closed tubular pillar member, slanted from vertical, having a first wall provided with at least two pairs of transversely spaced slots including an upper slot pair and a lower slot pair, each of said slots being disposed parallel to a longitudinal axis of said closed tubular pillar member and having a length which is shorter than a length of said closed tubular pillar member; b) a pair of, substantially horizontally oriented hinge lugs including an upper hinge lug and a lower hinge lug adapted for swivel mounting a vehicle door to an outer surface of said first wall of said closed tubular pillar member at heights corresponding to said upper and lower slot pairs respectively, each of said hinge lugs having a base plate provided with a pair of holes having a transverse spacing equal to the transverse spacing of said upper and lower pair of spaced slots of said closed tubular pillar member first wall; c) means for fastening the base plates of said upper and lower hinge lugs to said first wall; and d) said first wall including means for retaining said fastening means in place prior to tightening to facilitate position adjustment of said hinge lugs and fitting of said vehicle door during assembly.