Patent ID: 7003881

Claim:
A process for assembling motor vehicle bodies, comprising a painting step of a body, in which the body is provided with doors constituted by a load bearing framework and by an outer covering panel, and in which each door is provided with respective fittings and is connected to a side of the respective opening of the body by means of adjustable hinges, a fixed portion of which is bolted to the body and a movable portion of which is bolted to the framework, wherein: doors are used in which the framework and the outer covering panel are constituted by two separated members, which are provided with reciprocal fixing means arranged in positions such as not to be visible from the outside of the finished motor vehicle; the painting of the body lacking the doors and the painting of the outer covering panels is executed; the fittings are installed on the framework of each door lacking the outer covering panel; once the fittings are installed, each door framework lacking the outer covering panel is installed in the respective opening; and the respective outer covering panel is applied and fixed to the framework of each installed door, wherein hinges are used fixed portions of the which are bolted to the respective sides of the respective frames of the door openings without possibility of adjustment, and the movable portions of which are bolted to the respective frameworks in an adjustable manner by means of screws which can be screwed from the inside of the framework when the respective covering panel lacks, and wherein the adjustment of the hinges of each door is carried out by means of the aforesaid bolting screws of each moveable portion, before the application of the respective covering panel.