Separable door hinge for vehicle body

A separable door hinge for removably hanging a door on a vehicle body comprising:

• first and second hinge leaves mounted respectively upon the body and the door,
• one of said hinge leaves having a pivot pin mounted thereon and the other hinge leaf having a hinge aperture adapted to engage the pivot pin to establish a door hinge pivot axis, said first and second leaves having means interengaging one another through a range of door pivoting movement so that the engagement is maintained between the hinge aperture and the pivot pin,
• said door being separable from the body by pivoting the door beyond the range of door pivoting movement to disengage the bearing portions of the hinge leaves from one another and lifting the door axially of the hinge pivot axis to disengage the hinge aperture and the pivot pin,
• and means provided on the hinge leaves adapted to facilitate rehanging of the door on the body including an alignment abutment provided on one of the hinge leaves and extending parallel to the pivot axis and an alignment notch provided on the other of the hinge leaves, said abutment and said notch coming into engagement with one another during attempted rehanging of the door and serving to establish an auxiliary pivot axis enabling swinging movement of the door to establish the pivot pin and the pivot aperture in axial alignment with one another so that the door mounted hinge leaf may be lowered onto the body mounted hinge leaf to then enable pivoting movement of the door to within the normal range of door pivoting movement.