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Old 03-18-2022, 11:19 PM   #1
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Re: 1958 Saab story

I bought a new wiper cowl without the vents. I painted it when I did the fenders. Installed it and put the new wiper arms and blades on.

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Old 03-18-2022, 11:23 PM   #2
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The lower hinge pocket showed up today, so I cut out the rotted section and trimmed the new piece to fit. Drilled several holes to make the weld stronger and ran a bead around the perimeter fit extra strength.

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Old 03-18-2022, 11:26 PM   #3
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I smoothed the welds with a flap disc, primered and painted everything. Before hanging the door, I cut out for the wiring harness plugs to clear like I did on the passenger side.

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Old 03-18-2022, 11:28 PM   #4
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I forgot I have to remove the door panel to access the top hinge bolts, so I took both panels off and sanded them down and painted them.

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Old 03-19-2022, 07:13 PM   #5
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I assembled the door panels, bolted on the rear doors and headed over to Madkidd's house to hang out and shake it down for any driveability issues. I did end up ordering stock loaded struts to raise the front end up a bit. It rubs in corners of you hit a bump. And she needs a bath badly.

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