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Yep, nothing fun about doors, tbh thy are a pita!  Decoded to have a go at fabricating a patch piece from scratch for the funky double rolled edge.  Used a piece of ally bar I had and used it as a former, tuned out pretty good, but didn’t get a pic of it in.  Also welded in the patch piece for the skin.  Not sure, tempted to actually by a full ski…[Read more]

Fantastic, really look forward to following along. Pity you aren’t here in S.A. if you had a 3D model of it I could have set up a virtual reality tour for you.

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Fantastic, really look forward to following along. Pity you aren’t here in S.A. if you had a 3D model of it I could have set up a virtual reality tour for you.</p>

Thanks mate!

Door number 2, I definitely feel like mys skills are improving.  I def think welding is a bit like painting, its all in the preparation.  Bottoms close to done, in two minds whether to just do enough to continue on with the front, or completely finish the door.  I think my OCD will win out and I will finish the door!!  Few pics for posterity

Love the improvisation with the scissor lift tables, improvise, adapt, overcome…

Yea fair call. I used to say to Matt if it doesn’t make it faster I am not doing it…

You going to paint it?  Lots of themes to choose from for racing beemers….

Cool, with that last pick I agree, its looking like a very nice race car.

Nope, these old eyes can’t spot it!!

Love it, extra angle position holes in the wing mount?

Thanks IJ.

You have a rather large…..wing

Kind of feel like that scene in the Castle, where he says, “look Darl, Dale dug a hole!!”  Seems an awful lot of effort just to create a door, but still.  Not quite finished, still need to weld the top and score a new top hinge, but just about there..

That’s the issue with modern electronics.  It’s only as good as the signals it’s receiving I guess.

Sounds like fun though.

Both really, I wanted to retain as much originality where practical, but yes you can get them. The door skin I got are $670 each, the new inner frame (the bit I have repaired) is almost $1,000 each, so by the time you root around and consumables you are looking at almost $2k a door.  I figgered I may as well have a go at fixing it, worse case I…[Read more]

Both really, I wanted to retain as much originality where practical, but yes you can get them. The door skin I got are $670 each, the new inner frame (the bit I have repaired) is almost $1,000 each, so by the time you root around and consumables you are looking at almost $2k a door.  I figgered I may as well have a go at fixing it, worse case I…[Read more]

How did the racing go?  Did you use the hans device?

Yea once the skin goes on you won’t see it at all, but at least every time I close it I will know its right.