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. . .I wonder if your cuddy door is original and what its and its frame dimensions are. Some one had totally butchered my bulkhead cutting back the header glass over the doorway, making a frame out of birch, a cap out of pine, and red oak corner moulding to hide their mortal sin of covering the teak with padded vinyl in a Tijuana turquoise color (I'm sure they would've called it "dolphin blue"). What's more all of this was attached with a brad nailer that chipped the heck out of the fiberglass on the dash and lower deck .
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Ouch - sorry to hear about the butchery! The galley seat I got suffered similar abuse with a sawzall - someone wanted rear access to it so instead of installing a hatch to keep stuff from falling out of the hole in rough seas, they just went at it with a sawzall, and covered the sloppy cut with some teak trim around the hole. Didn't look too bad, but instead of installing the teak with machine screws to allow easy removal for cleaning/oiling/varnishing etc, they just stuck it on with globs of silicone! As you might expect, the teak looked like it hadn't been touched in about 30 years! Most of it was beyond help, so it was cheaper to install a hatch than replace the teak!
Yes, my cabin door and frame are original. Am currently at my daughter's place; will get measurements after I get home tomorrow and send them. Will also check tt size, but I think they're 9x12 - they seem to do the job just fine. Just make you install them out near the chine to get max rolling moment for adjusting lateral tilt. On your tank, if it's the original, you'll find that the bottom is tapered upwards at the front for a couple of feet, and the top is tapered down for 2-3 feet at the rear, which allows it to just barely slide thru the hatch!