Spent almost all day on the rider's door pillar. The rear corner has been crushed at some point. I knew the skin had bondo, but when I started looking at the pillar I found it had about 1/2" of bend in it. So I worked all day trying to get it out. I got it down to this.
IMG_2210 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
Best I can tell I've got about 1/8" to go. That curve is a bear! I tore the skin loose moving the post out.
IMG_2209 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
Here is some of the bondo. I knew I wanted to replace it with good steel.
Once the skin was loose I decided to cut some out so I could work on the jamb easier. The problem is that the bondo goes up higher than the patch corner I got. So back to the bad cab.
IMG_2207 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
Yes, a sacrificial panel. Now I think I should put this panel in and then do the corner.
However, after I took the panel out of the bad cab, I got to looking at the door jamb.
IMG_2211 by
Robert Moorman, on Flickr
Now I'm thinking I should just cut out the bent door jamb section and splice a patch in from the bad cab. Seems like the prudent choice to get the curve right and a splice might be easier to finish than trying to work out that curve. Or is the jamb I worked on "close enough"?