More Body Work

Doors Repair

My doors were really rusted out at the bottoms so I had to decide if they were worth it to save them or look for some more, since I have more time than money you know what I decided to do. Thats right I saved them. I made a trip to Brothers Classic Truck parts and picked up the inner and outer patch panels and the bottom hinge brace and here are some pics of the repair. The driver side was the worst of the two doors.

Driver side door

I placed the patch panel over the door to get an idea of where to cut. I also took some measurements for reference points.

Did not take as many pics of the passenger side door because the repair as the same.

Here are the doors metal finished and ready to be completely stripped for a skim coat of filler and primer.

Shaved Drip Rails

I theme for this truck build is to smooth everything so I decided to smooth the drip rails. I my sawzall to cut about 6 to 8 inches at a time to make sure nothing moved because the roof of the truck is connected to the body via the drip rails. I then hammer and dolly the gap that the sawall created and grind the lip flush and then weld it up.

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The Strip Down
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The Chasis
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Body Work
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More Body Work
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Great Find and Engine Mockup
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55 Fender repair
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Time to put her back together