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Originally Posted by pimpston65

have you tried moving the striker plate in more?

No. I was trying to do some research on here and didn't come up with much. No idea what the problem is but it drove me insane tonight.

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by Free Candy Inside

No. I was trying to do some research on here and didn't come up with much. No idea what the problem is but it drove me insane tonight.

if the door is just poked out a bit at the back, the striker plate will draw it in more cuz u will need to push it in more...

[jonzcustomshop]

those triangle wedges on 60-63 will also give you fits.

you can use them to move the door around quite a bit.

the striker plate will adjust a little bit, the nuts are on a captive plate behind the pillar, I had to really soak down the ones on my crew cab to get them to break loose, since they were pretty much rusted in place.

you can also get the bottom rear corner to kick in by loosening the top (door, not body) hinge bolts

this picture kind of shows the backside of the striker plate, so you have an idea of what will move.

I had to do all 3 adjustments on the doors of my crew to get them to line up, lots of trial and error, the key is to get the hinge and wedge bolts just tight enough that you can move the door to the right spot, and then fully tighten them.

[thefalconer_88]

Holy crap this thing is awesome!

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Thanks Jonz... I'm going to mess with it some more today. Got me some paint sticks this morning and did some research last night. Hopefully I don't have something slightly off structurally and that's causing my issues.

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Originally Posted by thefalconer_88

Holy crap this thing is awesome!

Thanks!!! She's a work in progress

[66PANEL]

Sad day the Phoenix Hill Tavern closed this morning.

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Originally Posted by 66PANEL

Sad day the Phoenix Hill Tavern closed this morning.

I saw that online. That's crazy!!

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Managed to get the door back on and working although it's not real good. Probably needs completely rebuilt but it's on for now. Also got the front fenders cobbled on and lower mounts made. Did some other body work stuff. Had to rework the exhaust mounts because the straps broke. Hopefully my new mounting idea works. Also started working on the floors but didn't make much progress. I did however make an intake out of an old hubcap. The factory intake wouldn't clear the hood with a 4" channel.

[65sub]

Cool idea for an air cleaner. I like the creativity

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by 65sub

Cool idea for an air cleaner. I like the creativity

Just wish the bowtie was straight...

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Originally Posted by pimpston65

Just wish the bowtie was straight...

It's a chevy caprice hubcap..... Nothing on those were straight to begin with. Lol

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Did some body work but not enough....decided I didn't care enough to make it perfect because it will never be anyways. I've already dented up the newer bedsides laying it out on stuff. So this happened next.

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Fully painted with 1970 chevy blue..... Teaser pic... There's a couple people on here that will be at the car show I'm going to on Saturday. I'll post more later!

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by Free Candy Inside

It's a chevy caprice hubcap..... Nothing on those were straight to begin with. Lol

sorry i meant i wish the bowtie was str when you look at it, not turned like you have it. cool idea, make it work...

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Originally Posted by pimpston65

sorry i meant i wish the bowtie was str when you look at it, not turned like you have it. cool idea, make it work...

It's all good! Think it's just a sticker. Was going to pop it off and try to turn it, just haven't done it yet

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The V

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So here's how the paint turned out. Top scallop is 17.5' long

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Another shot

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Drove the truck out to the show

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Even won 2 awards. Won't the lowest award and also won a trophy from a car club for top pick. Club is all VW's hence the bus. Super cool to be given an award.

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Then we threw an after party in downtown Dayton OH.

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Cool pic my buddy took of my truck and his 37 Ford

[66PANEL]

that is a badass pic!

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Started working on the subframe for the flooring today.