It's cool. I made a template off of a friend's 69 Firebird. If you plan to add air to your car and use the factory style vents, then I have a template along with my cutouts if you want them.

Update 9/1
 

Jeremy .... I will take you up on that offer when the time comes :thankyou:


Well ... I have had this list of things to get done rolling around in my head and I got some of them done over the past few weeks:

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Mini tub ready for final fit .... quarter on order!

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Set ride height on jig ... naw, new rubber wheels.

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Clean these up ....

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Much better!

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Getting ready for Lizard Skin and some 3M bonding!

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Almost ready for the skin!

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Ouch, driver's side latch .... not good!!!!

So ... any suggestions on this driver's side latch? Are the repro's any good? I should be spraying epoxy primer tomorrow, Lizard skin and 3m bonding the passenger door skin if all goes well.

Spent most of today prepping and sweating the small stuff when I realized that I didn't have any room to MOVE the skin if I need to anyway ..... it's way too tight on the frame. Looks like I will have to use lots of GAP SPRAY :)

Thanks for lookin .....

Looking good!

The reproduction door latches are fine. I have one on my driver's door. I misplaced my original and so had to get a repop. It works just fine.

I still have to remove the vent bezels from my dash. I haven't taken the time to do that as I've been knee deep working on my console. It's not fun trying to bend 16 gauge sheet metal with a body hammer, bench vice, c-clamps and some 1/4" plate steel. Next week I'm going to build a space shuttle capable of reaching Mars with a washing machine, some juicy fruit and hydrogen peroxide:wacko:

I thought Chiefs only knew how to drink coffee...you got skills :bow: I'm prior navy gse3

Thanks.

Thanks for your service .... attention to detail and drinking coffee are my top two skills! Now go and get something done that you should have gotten done yesterday .... and double time!!!!

:thankyou:

Lazy day today. No current project of my own, so am enjoying reading others. Chief, I'm just blown away by your work. Will be following along to completion.

Looking good Chief

Update 9/7
 

:thankyou: just trying to do it right the first time, don't want to do this again anytime soon! There's plenty more .....

:thankyou: Thanks Wayne, been tryin to get somethings done that I can in a day or two, waiting on my drivers quarter and then I'll open up that can of worms :superhack:

So, I had some hours in the garage today ... been so hot I had to get going at the crack of dawn in order to spray epoxy before it got too hot, wiped everything down taped off the edges and sprayed epoxy.

When it cooled off in the day I put down some Lizard Skin on the inside of the door skin .... in prep for the bonding of the door to the frame, tomorrow? Maybe .... here's some pictures to look through.

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Door skin ready for epoxy!
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Taped off edges for 3M bonding to frame.
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Spraying epoxy finally ....
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Lizard Skin on the inside of the door skin ... pretty cool stuff!
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She's ready for skins:hapdance:

So that's what I did today .... more tomorrow!

Thanks for looking ...

Lizard Skin Lessons
 

Thought I'd post some lessons learned from using Lizard Skins Sound Control product on my door skins .... in case someone was wondering!

The product is very easy to use ... provided you purchase their applicator gun, and the clean up is with water and soap. Mixed with the paddle provided and applied the first coat yesterday and let it dry, I tried to use the included WET FILM GAUGE to test thickness ... that just made a mess and confused me (simple minded), think credit card .036 thou and they want no less than .040 in two applications. That's the goal.

I used a plastic serving spoon to get it into the pot from the pail ... instead of pouring, cuz when it's done there is product left from the siphon angle and the spoon will get the remains out and back into the pail will little waste.

I used about 45 psi at the gun with a turn and a half on the adjustment tip for the second coat and you can see the texture it left .... more product more stipple, more air more drier dimpled look.

I used a razor blade to clean the edges that had over spray, you can sand and paint the product after it has fully dried ... and that is cool :gitrdun:

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Just after the second coat was sprayed!
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Cured and dry!


Had other pictures but ImageShack is acting up with mongo pictures .....
Any questions, please ask.

Nice!