Come on over to my place and help me strip the paint off my project then. Rewarding or not, I hate stripping paint. Hahaha!!!


XLexusTech, good luck on the colour choice. I think that is by far one of the most difficult parts of the process.

Door repair one of two
 

Found a patch panel that would work so I decided to fix the OEM doors over buying a set of aftermarket ones. Was able to get to all the rust once the skin was off and it cleaned up nice. Somewhat disappointed that the panel warped a bit at the seam but nothing a professional will have trouble with

When you butt weld a long seam like that the metal shrinks and you have to planish it with a hammer and dolly to stretch it back to remove the warping. Lots of videos on YouTube etc on planishing a weld.

Don

Thanks Don glad it wasn't something I did wrong I was pretty maticlous and a bit bummed with the warpage ... car is going to a good shop for paint and body he should know how to fix

Door number two today ...
 

Strip the hood then it's off to body shop ... I used all metal to fill in some pitted spots... hit the inside with rustmort while it was open Then layed down a ton of Stitch welds ... I have to take another pass at the welds tomorrow but psyched to be do close to body and Paint.
:welder:

Doors done
 

Last piece left is the the hood . . then it's off to the body shop... It not as good as I would like it but definitely better then most production shops would do... Pete should have no trouble picking up where I leave it

It's out of here
 

Off to Competition Specelties for body and paint

Nice, can't wait to see color!!

Valance Shannigans
 

Some may hate this but I really like the Rally look (that's what I was going for at least ):welder:

Body shop update
 

Pete is making some progress..lots to do but it's moving forward which is a blessing