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Man Mie Boosted Bertha can end up being your best yet...

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Someday I hope to be that good they have some real talent coming out of that shop !
Thanks !
I hope so !

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Great lookin' work, Mike!

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Just read all 15 pages! Progress is looking good! I'm in the middle of finishing up my drivers side rust repair, that is almost identical to what you just tackled. Keep up the good work!

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Thanks man !
Awesome, thanks man ! It really wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be !

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OK--I get that the remote control tailgate actuator is overkill! But I saw this idea in theastronaut's thread (from several years back). I like this trick:

"Had a pair of tailgate hinge bushings made from UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weigh polyethylene). UHMW is self lubricating, is soft enough to keep the paint from chipping inside the hinge sockets, and hard enough to keep the tailgate in place. They fit tight enough in the hinge socket that they won't rattle either. Much better than the original metal bushings."

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LOL ! That's NICE !

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just had this image slip in my mind of one of those slowdrop toiletseats dunno why
must be the friction brakes

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I just made some like this for my '57. I used Delrin, which is basically the same as UHMW, but probably much cheaper. I get black delrin rods from McMaster-Carr for less than $10/foot and I usually use them to make axle/peg/bar end sliders for my supermoto race bikes. I had some extra laying around and decided that it would work perfect for this. I haven't fit them yet, but I'm sure I'll be happy with the result.

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There is a forum member that is making those UHMW or similar tailgate hinge trunions.

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Yeah, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting either. Its taking me longer than it took you to do the repairs, but I'm almost there. Haha! I know you said you were going with a short box, but have you seen the shlong beds? (Short+Long). I really like that look. Just throwing that option out there

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LOL !
that's cool !
you or someone else ?
Jaunky built did a 69 that way it was pretty cool !

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OK here is phase 3 of my LMC Truck patch panel extravaganza.....Learning as I go ! My first time to do this

Cut the patch panel where you think it should go

Overlay and mark the original panel

Drill out the spot welds

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Ok now this was the fun part....NOT !

Don't laugh at my fancy tools....they did the job ! LOL

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Next I sanded the loose rust off the inside of the bottom of the door

Shot it with weld through primer

Used the little black spray paint that I had left

Started fitting the LMC Truck patch panels

Once again those Harbor Freight clamps

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Hammer and dolly to lay the door skin back down flat

Started tacking about 4 inches apart and 2 tacks at a time until it was finished , blowing it with the air gun between runs and letting it cool. I still have warpage ??? I will pull out the low spots with the stud welder I guess....I would love to take a class on welding in patch panels to see how to do it without getting the warping !

Speaker hole and 500 mirror holes next !

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What you've done so far looks good! Are you sure the warping was from welding or was it from grinding? Grinding too long, or with a lot of pressure can cause heat build up and warped panels. Your tack spacing sounds good, but you can always try to space it out more if you think that caused warping.

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I used my small air grinder with the 36 grit sandpaper disc on it and spaced out my grinding also ?

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Mike, nice repair job...Jim

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done a nice job on re-attaching that doorskin

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It's hard to notice any warping in your work, with that gnarly speaker hole staring at you.

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Someone else. Here is his website.

http://tdtrunniondesign.com/

This is the member.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/member.php?u=104810

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sub'd, this is going to be awesome to follow!

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Great job on your door patch. I will be doing both my doors here real soon. It looks to be as much of a pain in the A$$ as I expected.

I am curious to see how you go about fixing the speaker hole. My holes look exactly the same. I was thinking of cutting them out square and then making a patch panel with the correct lines to weld back in by making a template in layers of mdf that I can beat the metal into shape with the correct lines to match the door.

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there are some wide plier like tools for straightening and bending back the fold ontoo the inner door again
that makes the job a little eazier
but its still a lot of fiddly work to get the edge to look good again

i think it allso depends on how original you want te door to look on the edges
you could grind away on the fold part of the bend untill you see the 3 layers
then cut off wat you replace including the folded over part of the outer doorskin of the bottom of the inner door
and instead of bending the doorskin fold over back you can (spot?)weld all around in stages
(prevent too mush heat buildup)
grinding the weld smooth and keep grinding or sanding on the edge untill the gap is even all round as whell
just dont expect to be able to reskin the doors after that unless you grind the inside of the door off again too

it is possible to make the edges / inside of the doors look like there made from one piece that way (no edges visible from the folded over metal and stuff like that )
kindah like wat they did to welds on the old choppers make it look like it was moulded out of one piece
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fzQAM9VzGa...bE/s1600/h.jpg

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What you did with the door looks good & proper. With that large speaker hole you might have used a copper "chill block" to absorb some of the weld heat when re-welding. It typically would require an extra set of hands ... to move it along with your welding. On other places I prefer a cold bucket of water & a facecloth. When you weld the area, typically, it expands, so the cold wet cloth will bring it back into shape (shrinking it). It's not 100% but it does a good job. Air blow it after to dry it out.

Just my 2 cents worth ... dig'n what you've done & r doing ...

R46

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ThankS !
gracias senor ! LOL
stay tuned
Thanks for the link !
Thanks man, I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I am !
About to post the pics !
I appreciate any tips I can get, thank you !

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Ok here is the speaker hole filler fix.

Marked off and cut the speaker holes out of the original doors

Moved the cut pieces over to the donor door and marked the patterns off

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Welded in and smoothed off

The passenger side came out way nicer then the drivers side, however none of this will be seen after a little body work. The interior shop Urban Customs is building full length door panels but I just couldn't leave the holes !

The passenger door bottom doesn't need replaced, it only had a few pin holes in it. I just carefully welded up those small holes

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Nothing wrong with those repairs ...

R46

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Will we be seeing a set of slosh tubes in the research and development stages on the build?

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Thank you !
You know you will ! Very soon !

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If so....ill buy the first set.

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you got it , keep in touch !

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I take it she sold? The doors look great btw.

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No I still have her $4500 is what I have her on craigslist for ! Thank you !

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Killer work on the inner doors!
Don't even start to question the quality of your skills!!!

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Great work so far! Your making me want to tackle the same areas on my truck!

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Thanks man, I learn a little more every time !
It really wasn't nearly as bad as I thought !

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Your build, repairs, ideas continue to both impress, inspire and motivate me.

Seeing your speaker hole repair, I now feel the need to find a pair of repair sections for my doors, where the holes are present, but not in use.

I like the idea of closing and painting the holes in metal.

If I did not do that, I was going to make up covered panels with carpeting on them.

Looking forward to seeing how little wage I can initiate when I start welding, as I am always impatient, and in a hurry to get stuff done.