More Door Work

Well it was back to the doors. With the top of the passenger tack welded on I mover over to do the drivers side. I ended up trimming more of the door top due to the shabby work from the last owner. With everything tack welded I pulled the doors off filled in the gaps and welded everything . I was able to grind all the welds down on one of the doors and started to glass over some of the welded areas.

Top of Door

I had a few hours of free time today so I went back to work on the passenger door and cut and tack welded the tops of the door back on. This was like 3 hours work to get them cut and lined back up so it looks good when the door is closed. I also finished up most of the welding on the B pillar where the hinge comes out of it.

More Door Work

Well it was more door work. Had to trim up where the old hinge was in the door then weld in some plates to cover the gap, grind, fill with a little fiberglass, sand and then hit it with a little primer to see how it looks.
It takes a little more time on the A pillar to keep all the lines right and working in the smaller areas is a pain in the ass. I still have a good day on the passenger side and then I can move onto the drivers side to finish.
I also did a little more work on the rear deck lid to smooth out the relief cuts. I think a good week of work would almost do it to finish off the body so I can prime and paint it.

Door Latches

I'm catching up on a few days here. I finished welding the recesses into the door and added some reinforcement as well. Both doors work as they should.
I moved on to spot welding up all the holes in the A pillar as well as welding in some medal where the old hinges were. When everything looked good I went ahead and welded it all up. The striker was welded in the A pillar as well. Then it was on to the doors to weld the brackets that hold the bear claw latches. Cleaned up all the welds and that was pretty much it for the weekend.

Hinges in Place

I started with cutting out the holes in the pillar on both sides for the hinges to fit into. A couple of clamps to hold them in place so I could check everything on both sides and see how much I needed to trim off. I tack welded them in and then trimmed the door to see how the hinge part will fit. It looks like I'm going to have to trim the top arm as it seems to hit the window regulator. Next I'll do the other side, trim both hinges on the top arm and install the peices that go into the door.

Start of Suicide Doors

I got my Fathers day gift today, my hinges. So it was off to work and start on these. I've used these kind of hinges before about 10 years ago and kind of know what I'm doing. These are smaller then the last ones I installed so I hope it goes a little better then the last one. I cut out the door striker and replaced it with a section from my donor car. I was able to get the section from the B pillar and keep the shape of the pillar. Did both sides the same, cut, tack and then welded. Next and so important is to make sure the hinges are lined up right so the door works properly. Made some templates and marked the spots on the pillar where I will have to cut out the section for the hinge. That's as far as I got today, next will be to cut the holes and then cut some of the medal in behind to fit the hinge in. Then tack weld and move onto the door section.

Fuel Line

It was on to the fuel lines. As this car is going to be running Turbo I need to run two line, a feed and a return. Plus it needs to be at least 3/8 line which I'm going to be running. So I bent up my lines and then put some rubber tube around the line to keep it from banging around in the tunnel. I drilled out two holes in the front of the tunnel and then two more at the back by the trans. Maybe tomorrow I'll get to feeding the lines in the tunnel.