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09-18-2003, 06:44 PM
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suicide door progress
I played hooky from work today...and stayed home to do a little work on my truck. I think I should change careers... I enjoy this much more than my "real job".
What do ya think? 
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09-18-2003, 06:45 PM
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passanger side
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09-18-2003, 06:50 PM
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nice job on the tacs. now to grind em down.
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09-18-2003, 06:53 PM
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write up
I would love to see a write up on this. Looks like you are halfway done.
More pictures are always good. I want to do this as well!
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09-18-2003, 06:59 PM
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nice. what are you doing to brace the back? they say that suicide doors are harder than chopping the top
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09-18-2003, 07:09 PM
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I'm going to brace it with some plate and some supports to the back of the cab. i didn't know it was harder than chopping a top? I have put alot of thought into this and I have been asking a few questions of people who are also doing it.
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09-18-2003, 07:09 PM
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how is it harder? they sell all the stuff in a kit from autoloc i think it is
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09-18-2003, 07:11 PM
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I made my hinges.... bought the Plans off Ebay... Those 300.00 dollar hinges... yeah right.. I have 40.00 dollars in mine and have material left over...
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09-18-2003, 07:17 PM
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I would love to see the pics of the finished product when ever you get it done.... Please keep us posted
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09-18-2003, 08:04 PM
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dinnut-good thing you reminded him to grind those tacks, he might forget..god forbid
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09-18-2003, 08:12 PM
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The auto loc hinge's did not work out very well on monster garage donut cop car.. Jesse had to make em work...BTW it look's like you have a good start on the jamb's please keep us posted..
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09-18-2003, 08:42 PM
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Yeah they didn't have enough room on the donut car to spread out the weight... I on the other hand have lots of room. My hinges are very similiar to the autoloc hinges.
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09-18-2003, 08:48 PM
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unfinished hinge
I still need to drill it out and then drill and tap the backing plate...
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09-18-2003, 09:48 PM
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autoloc's kit sucks ***************** has the best kit every made also the best brackets too
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09-18-2003, 10:00 PM
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good looking job did you leave the metal behind them plates where the lacth was i hope so
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09-18-2003, 10:19 PM
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Thanks for all the support,
Yeah, I left it... I'm looking forward to cutting out the box now...I'm sure that will be a treat, cutting through 2 areas...***************** was the first site i looked at when i started thinking about this... I didn't want to drop that kind of cash in case I changed my mind.... |
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09-19-2003, 05:08 PM
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That is going to be sweet when done. I love custom stuff. Keep the pictures rollin.
I need to get a welder and learn. Looks like you got that welding thing down pretty good.
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09-19-2003, 07:47 PM
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 suicide doors will be sweet as he!! Keep us updated, that is a mod I hve thought about......show me the way Good luck,crazyL
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09-21-2003, 12:00 AM
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Well Crazy,
My plans after the doors is a tilt front end. I was going to get the fiberglass job from US body... but if you help me keep the set up I have that'll work too... save me 1200.00 bucks also. |
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09-21-2003, 01:05 AM
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Cool!!!..please keep us posted with pics!
rigo
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09-21-2003, 04:28 PM
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Driver side progress
Man I am happy how this turned out!
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09-21-2003, 04:29 PM
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Very little filler will be needed... i mean very little
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09-21-2003, 04:38 PM
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Wanna fill some holes?
Notice there is no hole where the little rubber stopper goes... Here's the trick. I went to Home Depot and bought a 3/4" copper coupling, split it with a hack saw, hammered it flat... I held it behind the hole and filled it right up... better than the 8 bucks Eastwood wanted for almost the same thing.
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09-21-2003, 05:10 PM
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I need to see more on the doors (as you get there). Good luck,crazyL
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09-24-2003, 08:47 PM
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Passanger complete
not as good as the driver's side but still I'm impressed. One tip if I can give any yet... Be nice with the grinder. I was working in the dark last night and when I was grinding I had plenty of light... but not enough to really see what I was doing. If my lazy butt would have gotten up and plugged in my artificial sun. I wouldn't of had to repair so much today. I got a little deep in one spot and burned through and created a hole. I welded it up and ground it off today... But I learned. I also have noticed I don't warp anything when welding... it's when i ground stuff off is when I warped stuff being too aggressive. I think I'll cut the section out of the firewall and redo it... I warped it pretty good. I'll shut up... here's the pics
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