This is something which affects some Morgans far more than others and is a 'feature' of being hand built. My Roadster doesn't chafe around the doors at all. I've added protector film to the Roadster just where the sidescreens touch the B posts but otherwise there is no problem.
The Roadster does suffer from the usual bonnet corner chafing but that's well under control with buffers.
Bumble was a terrible chafer. The bonnet was just the usual, at each corner, but the doors were chafing at the top of the A post, and along the bottom edge both sides. The problem with chafing is that if you simply repaint the bare patch, it will chafe again immediately.
So on Bumble I added thin black leather buffers to the A post, which I kept vaselined.
Under the doors is not so easy. At least the bare aluminium doesn't show from the outside with the doors shut. The inside of the door edge along the bottoms had chafed to bare aluminium. I primered and repainted this, because the location is very forgiving. But I also beefed up the neoprene door seal. On the body tub I repainted the bare aluminium, but knowing how tricky matching up is I simply brushed it over. This is not good enough to be visible, and in the end I used some Reflect-a-Cool which is adhesive silver foil. It covers the patched paint and actually looks OK. All this is recorded in my How To's from when I first got Bumble in 2013.
This is why I went to town on the new car with paint protector film, because it's much easier to prevent chafing than deal with it after the event. I did get caught out with the chafing on the cowl, but I've added a better buffer and must live with it. I certainly wouldn't want a cowl respray.
Chafing is part and parcel of Morgan design. The movement caused by chassis flex is unstoppable. You might think that the factory should find a fix, but my experience of buffers is that they need constant attention to keep in place.
In this particular example Roger, you might be able to beef up the neoprene strip on the door, and consider using vaseline.
The damaged paint is best covered with thin leather or some sort of paint protection. Although you might think a repaint is the only way forward, it may not last very long. Check all around the doors both sides, and each bonnet corner, because there is likely to be other chafing going on.
As you know I like things to be perfect, but with Morgans, keeping the paintwork intact where panels touch is impossible, and a price I'm happy to pay.
