This is MY 67 Camaro

[Smitty68]

Great job so far keep up the good work and the photos coming in. And thanks for your service to our country..

[Sonar Chief]

Still here have not washed away with the floods here in NOCO! Man these last two days have been crazy, the Governor sent us home at noon ... so I went and worked on the car Planned to go archery elk hunting Sunday but all the roads up to the mountains are closed

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Nice!

Thanks Wayne!

Originally Posted by Tony V

Chief,
Looks real good and your doing a great job, great motivation for us to keep moving. I'm looking to spray L. skin in the next couple weeks and with your write up it seems something i can tackle without much worries..keep up the great work.

Tony, it was pretty easy to work with, spray a test patch and adjust air and get a feel for the amount coming out. I ran with 1 1/2 out on the nozzle and that seemed to lay out nice. Good luck!

Originally Posted by jazz2069

I like the idea of cutting the frame rail deep and widening the tub! More rear tire!!

More tire, MO BETTER!

Originally Posted by Smitty68

Great job so far keep up the good work and the photos coming in. And thanks for your service to our country..

Thanks and there's plenty mo pictures!

So .... cleaned up the reinforcement pieces that the window fuzzies get attached to, still need to get some zinc primer on them and weld them to the outer door skin prior to attaching the skin. If the weather warms up I may try my hand at bonding the passenger side door skin......that's why there is bare metal all around the perimeter of the door skin and the frame... for the 3M Bonding.


Closeup of the Lizard Skin after pulled the tape.... 0.040?


Touching up door with POR Chassis Black before I cover w/ skin!

Thanks for looking ....

[makoshark]

Excellent job there Chief! Keep the pixes coming

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by makoshark

Excellent job there Chief! Keep the pixes coming

Thanks Jeremy ... trying to keep everyone motivated with pictures

So, it's been raining and flooding here in NOCO for a week and the temp never got above 60 so I could not get the door skins bonded, so plan B. Fit in the passenger side mini tub and get some measurements.

Made a go no go gauge outa wood that fits snug (41 5/8") and would keep things parallel with the drivers side tub ... worked well. Fit snug inside the backseat area, up and over the shock area and half way through the trunk .... and then I took a turn or something, it's metal I can fix it!

Pictures ..... here's the mini tub clamped with the measurements, the surprise was the tub in the trunk - there is a gap of 3/4" between them , the front was 5/8" just like the driver's side. Same drill .... flatten the flange and move it over to fit the outer wheel house flange


My go-no-go gauge fit in the trunk!

I undercut the floor at the end ... and there is a gap between the tubs.

The front of the tub ... same as drivers side

Wasn't expecting this fer sure ....

Quick depth measurements shows the same as the drivers side That's all for today, thanks for looking ....

[waynieZ]

it's metal I can fix it!

That's the best attitude to have and why your doing so well !I need to think that way a lot more.

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

it's metal I can fix it!

That's the best attitude to have and why your doing so well !I need to think that way a lot more.

I can work with metal, give me a piece of wood and I'll screw that up!

Man did I make a mess today with this 3M Bonding stuff. It was a good day in the garage, got the window fuzzy re-inforcement welded onto the door skin and epoxy primed the door frame and the door skin where the weather stripping attaches .... figured I better get it now before it was bonded together.

Then I cleaned the frame and the skin and put on the 3M Bonding adhesive and got at bending the skin over the frame .... this was my first door skin and I was a little apprehensive about messing it up and then the pressure of only having 90 minutes with the adhesive.

Well the adhesive was setting up before I came back around to wipe it off, so I guess I'll have to sand it off and re-prime .... no biggy. The skin is sealed, protected from corrosion and bonded all in one step.

Pictures.....


Welded the re-reinforcement and epoxy primed

Epoxy primed the frame while the skin was off.

Covering all bare metal on the skin w/ 3M adhesive.

Door frame gets same w/ bead on outside edge.

This top corner was a PITA!

Skin came out pretty even.

So ... one down, I'll have to bring the door into the house to cure cuz the temps will get down to the 50's tonight. Next door I won't use so much bonding adhesive .... seems to squeeze out after you start bending and there is plenty to spread around, oh well.

Thanks for looking ....

[Sonar Chief]

Well that big mess I made yesterday w/ the adhesive actually worked out in my favor ... a razor and some 80 grit wrapped around a paint stick and it sanded down pretty easy, like having seam sealer and bondo in one!

This picture is why I went with adhesive instead of the traditional crimp and welding .... the adhesive pushed up into the inside of the door frame where they meet, there is no way water is getting in between the frame and that door skin!

Looking down the driver's side door!

Didn't get to the pass side door cuz the temp wasn't warm enough ... that's another day.

[makoshark]

You're making me want to reskin my perfectly good GM doors so I can make them turn out as well as yours'! Good job

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by makoshark

You're making me want to reskin my perfectly good GM doors so I can make them turn out as well as yours'! Good job

I knew how I wanted the door finished .... just never done a door skin before, so with some patience and a second AMD door skin, 3M bonding adhesive, Lizard Skin Sound Control, POR 15 and some Finish One epoxy primer we have one finished door!


FLASHBACK .... ouch!

MO BETTER ... some detail sanding left.

Working on the pass door .... hopefully it'll warm up some, 38 this morning should be 60? Thanks for looking ....

Got-R-Did!

[Sonar Chief]

Got-R-Did the passenger door has a skin permanently attached! A good garage day fer sure, got the window fuzzy re-inforcement welded to the skin, epoxy primed that and the opposite side of the frame, broke out the 3M adhesive and got the skin on the frame.


Welded the window channel to the skin.

Epoxy primed before the skin goes on.

Got 3M on all surfaces .... now the work begins!

DONE!

Man I'm glad this isn't a 4 door .... I have to bring the door in the house to cure over night, I'll sand some other day. Trying to get things that need "ABOVE 70 DEGREES" cuz it's not going to be that warm much longer here.

Thanks for looking ....