Nice work Jason.

 

Working on the doors and driver door gaps. might take to metal shop to have the driver door fixed.

scribed and then cut out with a body saw


little bit of weld thru primer




Hinges got some new pins as well. pressed out old, drilled to 11/32", then pressed in new.

 

Decided to try and tackle the driver door gap myself. Took me all day, but i'm pretty happy with the results. Not building a show truck, but i would like nice gaps. especially if i can do it myself and save a bunch of cash.

First, i got the door to fit as good as i could get it. i had to shim the bottom hinge, (cowl bolts, to get the bottom of the door to move towards the bed. Here is where i started after shimming..Bottom was a little to close for my paint stick to fit



made a relief cut in the cowl and opened the gap just a hair...



Now i need to get some side mirrors to make sure they fit ok. I'll tackle the other door this week, but it's not as bad as the drivers was. I drilled a couple holes in the hinges to mark where they are. that way i can put them back after paint and I'll know where exactly they go...


turned out pretty darn good if you ask me... my door has a few dings in it you can see in the pic. looks like somebody took a tack hammer to it. it was covered in the bondo.



I did the same on the rear, but only took a final pic.

 

Good job Jason. It never hurts to try things first yourself and you just proved that.

 

Nice job on the latches, I will have to try them on my other F1 build. Are those the Altmans?

 

They sure are. They are awesome. I definitely recommend them.

 

Some guys like to get the doors set then just remove the pins so as not to have to realign after paint .

 

What pins?

 

The pins that hold the two parts of the hinges together . This is how most modern doors are removed ( mostly welded onto the door and pillar ) . If you get everything the way you want then by removing the pins only you don't change your alignment . Not necessary just lessens the chances of scratching new paint trying to align things again

 

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I'm gonna have to agree with 56panelford, i don't see how removing/installing the pin with new paint will be any easier....

 

Time to get some paint on this pig!!