Barn Door Conversion

[kevinr1970]

I was talking to a "knowledgeable" person who told me that every thing is there, but covered.
So I locate a set of barn doors (actually bought a '73 2wd for $100 that ran!) and proceed to remove the "push-plugs" covering the weld-nuts to mount the hinges. I then remove the cover that goes around the top of the window frame which is a permanant thing to do only to discover that there is no way to latch the driver side door on either the top or the bottom of the opening.
I should have seen that the bottom latch plate wasn't here, but that was my fault. I believe the sill plate is bolted in place like mentioned above, but mine was so rusty that the bolts were now part of the surrounding sheet-metal so that was out.
It also looked like the top latch plate had a provision for where it would mount to, but there were no weld-nuts to attach it to?
Like mentioned above, if you have a 'burb with a solid body (good sheet-metal) and weren't afraid of doing some welding and maybe some cutting it wouldn't be to much of a hassle.
Good thing for me is the doors are canted to want to shut so they stay that way.