"Project Orangepeel" 52 A.D

[reaper71]

This pic shows the plate I made for the latch after I cut out the door (sorry did not have pic of cutting section out) because of how the latch is this section of the door moves out 1/2" so I had to build it out..

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This view shows how it needed to come out.
the reason it comes out is the arm for the hinge where it needs to line up with hole in the door dictates this

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Quick shot of the Carriage bolt this will be my button (put in drill and sanded then polished)

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These are the components for the buttons..
large bushings,small bushings,flat washers,cone shaped springs and the carriage bolts. (never mind the pins i decided not to go with them)

[FarmerSid]

Cool! Watching how you are doing your latches.

[RockinKees]

X2 ^^

Very interesting for me how you make this work.

[Advanced Design]

On my to do list too. Nice work Reaper....now if I can just remember it all.

[reaper71]

Farmersid,kees and A.D. thanks so much for the support I'll keep posting if all you guys keep checking in..

Mark..

[reaper71]

So how it works is take the washer and drill it out to fit the small bushing then weld. you can see how the cone shaped spring fits over the bushing and will fit under the head of the carriage bolt.

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Small bushing welded to the washer..

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Now I weld the large bushing and washer together..

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Here you can get the idea of what I'm going for.

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This is what it looks like together..
the bushing will then be inserted into the door and the carriage bolt AKA the button will be exposed...

[RockinKees]

Nice so far!

And I am sure we'll keep checking in ;-)

[reaper71]

Right on brother!!

[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by reaper71

Farmersid,kees and A.D. thanks so much for the support I'll keep posting if all you guys keep checking in..

Mark..

That's a deal! Now I gotta print these pages and tape them to my doors.

Great next steps.....thanks for sharing.

[FarmerSid]

Originally Posted by reaper71

Farmersid,kees and A.D. thanks so much for the support I'll keep posting if all you guys keep checking in..

Mark..

Keep posting updates man. Always check'in in.

[reaper71]

Thanks again guys!!!

[reaper71]

Just a quick pic of how it looks going together..

[reaper71]

In this pic it shows a couple things 1. the nut on the backside of the large bushing is for setting the depth of the button. 2. the flange or plate I welded to the bushing is for mounting it to the inside of the door. the reason I made this is I didn't want to weld anything to the outside of the door..so a hole is drilled for the bushing to go through the plate sets the desired depth for bushing sticking through the hole then the plate is welded to the inner skin of the door (A.D. doors have this for strength around handle)

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As you can see in the 1st pic the hole for the bushing and the shape of the plate. In the 2nd pic it shows how it goes in the backside also it reveals the inner skin I was talking about...

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This is what the bushing looks like coming through the door. I wanted this sticking out to make a trim ring (this will not be painted body color) once the plate is welded to the inner skin there is NO body work to be done!!!!
Till next time..

Mark...

[RockinKees]

Nice!!

Maybe I missed it, but how is the door locked?
Electrical with a remote?

[reaper71]

To answer this question there is no lock at this point.. we dont have to worry about people getting in out cars around here lol..

Originally Posted by RockinKees

Nice!!

Maybe I missed it, but how is the door locked?
Electrical with a remote?

[reaper71]

Here is a shot of what the button looks like installed on the truck as you can see no weld to clean up and after i blend in the paint around the bushing i will make a nice trim ring..