THE DRIVERS DOOR

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The drivers door had a crease in the leading edge from a long time ago and this had been filled with lead as they had not removed the skin to panel beat it out. It also had rust on the bottom edge so I have cut of the bottom of the door and folded a new edge. The trouble is that this does not have the original curve in it so I am off to see a panel beater who will have a look at shaping the door for me.

Sptember 2018

I have fitted the door and the rear quarter panels and have now commenced work on getting the gaps right. It is all starting to take shape now although the door is still a bit tight to open.

May 2018

I have also purchased a new drivers door outer skin as I could not get the original door back to shape. I am in the process of getting it folded and reassembled with the inner skin so I can finalise the position of the rear tub.

May update

I have now got this folded and assembled the inner to outer myself. I am pretty happy with the result but have not welded the outer and inner together as I will need to give it a bit of a twist to get in to the correct shape.

June 18

The door is welded and fits well. Gaps will be sorted at a later date.

Door with sound deadener sprayed on the inside	Outer panel removed, filler and sound deadener removed to reveal extent of damage to the skin
Inner door frame	Inner door frame after clean up and paint
And then I gave up on old outer skin and bought new ones which were not what I expected!	Welding on of lower strip to remove rust
Reshaping the curve to suit the cowl curve	And then cutting and folding the bottom edge to suit the inner frame
Fitting to inner frame	Panel beating edge over
	And something like the finished product before gapping to body by welding and filing edges