Super Cheyenne aka the "Devil Cowboy"

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Here is the bottom of the door (see pict 1) that was in bad shape with lots of rust areas and dents. looking pretty good to move forward with it. Next thing I need to do with the door is remove the insides and get a couple coats of filler primer on it. This is the door from the driver's side. Has some rust that showed up while stripping the old paint off. Both bottom corners will need some metal repair and over all about six or seven areas on exterior side that need to be addressed. Two of them were some pretty good-sized dents located in the center of the door.

After about an hour of stripping the door down I started to mess with the large dents in the center of the door. Started with the one that was in the lower section below the lower body line. This metal has some curvature to it so checking the dent with a metal straight edge horizontal to the body line. Used the spot welder gun to lay a few studs in the area and pull, and adjust with Steck Lever and tapping with a hammer. The one in the center of the door was down about 3/8" in center and had a high spot crowned toward the top. I also noticed some tin canning happening, so I knew somehow this is going to need some shrinking. Started with the stud gun and pulled a few studs up to get things into the ballpark. Then went after the high spot with a slapping spoon and large body hammer. things were starting to look better but we still had some oil canning. Grabbed the stud gun and without inserting studs I pulled the trigger in about a dozen or so places in a circular pattern. The heat from the stud gun seem to shrink up the metal a bit and really help with the oil canning.