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02-08-2019, 01:25 AM
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Location: Spokane, WA
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Re: 67 SWB First Build
A.C. Ward - thanks for the post on the hood. Definitely makes me realize there are so many little detail items I'll need to address on my build, too.
Soooo I completely stripped the outer skin on the driver door and then I found some bad news...The previous owner had repainted the door and in the process used a TON of body filler below the door handle. The door had a pretty gnarly dent in it. And that was only half the problem. The outer skin seemed to be a replacement panel and was very thin metal. The area where the dent was had a nasty "oil canning" issue. Needless to say, after about an hour trying to fix the dent and oil canning I decided to go a different route. I have a set of doors from an old '69 I picked up in high school. The doors were pretty dang rough so I never thought about using them. Low and behold the outer skin on the driver door was original and in fairly good shape other than a little rust in the lower corner (easy patch). Next thing you know I cut that skin off the door and plan on swapping it over to the good inner door skin. Hoping to continue the repair this weekend. Al Time wasted stripping original door The jacked up '69 door hinge area. This area and the inner door skin were all rusted out/dented This is the worst spot on the outer skin With the door skins separated it should give me a great opportunity to clean up and coat the inside of the door |
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02-08-2019, 03:59 PM
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Re: 67 SWB First Build
Nice having the skins off for the cleanup reason... I still have the original doors with OEM rubber liner spray crap on them and am still trying to figure out how I will be able to get that stuff off...
It's extra work replacing the skins but going to be well worth it. .
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02-12-2019, 02:41 AM
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02-12-2019, 02:52 AM
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Re: 67 SWB First Build
Aside from removing the undercoating from the door skin, I removed as much rust as I could from both the inner and outer skins. Then I sprayed the panels down with some rust Mort. After letting that do its thing, I wiped the panels down with some soap and water to neutralize the product.
Removing rust from inner skin Sprayed inner panel with rust mort Removed and patched the lower corner on the outer skin that was rusted through Both the inner and outer skins after applying the rust mort. I really like that product. And just to be sure I won't have any future rust issues with the door, I gave it a real good coating of Por15. |
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02-12-2019, 03:07 AM
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Re: 67 SWB First Build
I had today off so I spent a portion of the day in the shop while my wife was at work.
Started off by working on piecing the two skins together. I was very cautious when bending the flange as to not mess up the edges. I did this by backing the panel with a dolly and using visescripts/screwdriver to bend the flange up. It was quite the process, but I only had to do one side and the bottom. The fit was super tight so to increase my odds of not fudging it up, I slightly trimmed up the side flange on the inner skin. Then using a rubber mallet and long dolly, I slowly tapped the outer skin into place. A screwdriver was also used to help slip the outer skin over the inner skin flange. After an hour and a half I had the skins joined together. Prior to securing the panels together, I test fit the door to make sure it fit alright. It checked out pretty good. After the check, I used a hammer and dolly to slowly bend the flange back into place. Turned out pretty good. Was pretty stoked that I was able to do this repair. Last thing it needs is some spot welds. |
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02-12-2019, 03:11 AM
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Location: Spokane, WA
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Re: 67 SWB First Build
The last thing I did today was start stripping the old paint on the outer skin with the DA. Made sure to go slow to prevent any warping. Also welded up the old mirror holes. All in all, it was a very productive last couple of days. Next on the list is to finish stripping the door and get it in some epoxy primer and then get going on the body filler. Onward and upward!
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