[argonaut]

Well, either the paint is crappy, or more likely there was some n00b user error. The paint hasn't hardened completely. I think it is because I painted on a cool afternoon an then it never really got warm all week. Anyway the paint is still a little "soft". Who knows if it will finish curing and harden up, but I'm going to use them anyway and see how it goes.

I also rebuilt a set of door hinges. Glad I saved a lot of them because it took 2 sets to get four good hinges that I could press the pins out of without damaging them. After I pressed the pins out image my surprise to find out that the original hinge pins are plastic!!! I think these are the only plastic parts on these old pickups. No wonder so many hinges are loosey goosey. I put bronze bushings and new pins in so now I'm ready to swap on the doors (hopefully) next weekend.