I have a problem. My doors are bowing outward about 1/2 to 3/4" at the bottom when they are closed. Is this a warping problem due to the wood structure? Can this be fixed? or do I just live with it...

Put a rod/turnbuckle setup from the back bottom corner to top front corner of the door. As you tighten the turnbuckle it will bring the back of the door inward. If you have to tighten too much it will eventually begin to pull the back of the door upward so take it easy.

Thank you for your input. I will give that a try. Oh, is this an internal rod meant to be left in or external which can be taken off ?

the turn buckle needs to be left in I have a photo of a cabriolet door that we did many years ago if you need to see how we did it. todd3131

The rod remains in place under the door panel.

Pictures would be helpful, Thanks. You can send them to:
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I dig through the photos I have and they don't show the detail that I remembered I have a photo before restoration that shows a strap metal piece going from the top corner to the bottom corner. If I remember xodrrectly we routed a small Chanel into the panel where the strap was and put the turn buckle in the open area below we restored the wood portion of oucab in tjs mid sixties so my memory is a little rough we sold the car in 93.

Here's a picture of this but it doesn't use a turnbuckle.

Thanks for the picture. That helps allot.