Ian's Tennessee Honey '64 Short Box Step-side - England

[65sub]

Nice job fabricating those parts Ian. Probably fit better than repops and cost you less

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Originally Posted by 65sub

Nice job fabricating those parts Ian. Probably fit better than repops and cost you less

Thanks Dale

Before I refit the fender I'll have to fit fresh seals. The original seals are stapled in place. I discovered that the factory staples have exactly the same pitch as T50 staples that you would use for upholstery DIT and the like. I don't have a staple gun man enough to punch through steel, but I had a cunning plan

I glued the new rubber seals to the steel mounting plates with a contact adhesive (I would not recomend this as it reacts with the paint ) Luckily it's hidden under the seal

Then using the original staple holes ran a 1/16" drill through the new rubber seal.



After that it was a simple job to push some new staples throught both steel and rubber and clench them over with a paralell punch.





Before and after

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I could find a match for the original clips to mount the fender seal here in the UK so I used these "fir tree" clips.



Because they're a paralell clip you have to enlarge the holes on the seal bracket to the same size as the ones in the fender support (from 5/16" to 3/8")

They're a tight fit so you'll need a mallet to tap them in



And they're plastic so no rust issues

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A quick progress update, (well probably about 4 updates back to back )

I have now finished the passenger side floor repairs so while painting the fender seal bracket I gave it a quick coat of body colour.



I trial fitted the fender which still fits well, before beginning the door repairs.



First job on the door was the rear corner, the blasting revealed a couple of holes but the door seams were good so I only removed the rusted area preserving as much of the original door (and door profile) as possible.

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The front skin needed a small repair too





The front corner proved to be a little worse, with the rust extending into the hinge area and beyond the area covered by the repair panel.





I had a full door bottom but decided to only use a small section as the rest of the door bottom is in good shape.

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I made the upper section which turned out ok.








The front skin needed a small repair too

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The next job was the speaker hole, Don had given Rian a section from one of his old doors to use as a repair panel luckily for me (thank you gentlemen) the panel came with the door.



I have to say getting it lined up was just about the most “fiddly” job I’ve ever done





It’s still not finished but this is what it looks like at the moment,