F60L Recent pics

[Ganmain Tony]

Have had a ball the last two years...should be another great weekend Max.

Looking forward to it..

[Ganmain Tony]

Thought Id better stop thinking about it and just do it. I have finally started on the passenger door of the truck.

I wont say doors at this point 'cause these thing's seem to take an age to do.

Got a passenger door with a reasonable frame and skin to start with. Trial fitted the old door. Just to if everything was lining up. Pretty good fit, hinge at the bottom needs to be bent forward a bit.

Removed old skin using a drill to get through them and then a hammer and chisel to lift off the skin from the frame.

Flattened out old skin, used it as a template and cut it new skin with an angle grinder.

[Ganmain Tony]

Cleaned up old frame at the sand blasters to see how bad the bottom was.

Actually not too bad. I mean, its certainly not as good as new but OK.

Had a bit of ding in the top of the frame. Did a bit of creative panel beating to knock it out (well not quite but it looks OK).

New skin is a heavier gauge steel. Why? I have no idea really. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Ill let you know with the end result if this was a good idea or a bad idea.

Repaired frame with the assistance of Bruce Peelgrain....he also has an Oxy and I dont. He also has a stick welder and I dont. He also is a better welder than I am.

Gave the new skin a clean up and primed it. Primed the frame as well.

[Ganmain Tony]

As you may have guessed I am seriously winging this project as I have not done this kind of thing before. Very pleased with the result however.

Had no idea how I was going to fold the skin over the frame. After much procrastination I finally said "stuff it" and went to work with a hammer, a shifter a big piece of flat and some g clamps.

Instead of creating a disaster I think I may have succeeded by jove..

[hrpearce]

Looks good Tony glad I didn't need to do that.

[Mike Cecil]

Nice result, Tony, very nice. You'll qualify as a Tinker yet!

An alternate way I have used is a vice: start the fold all round by tapping with a light, square, flat faced hammer, then transfer to the vice to progressively flatten the fold. It takes two: someone else needs to support the door or turn the vice screw, but using 1/4 plate flats in the jaws, the result leaves no hammer marks. I had ther vice just above floor level mounted on a length of 1-inch x 6 inch steel bar for stability.

Just a thought....

Mike C

[Bob Carriere]

..... I had to rebuild the frame portion of my door bottoms......still need to do the skin.

Been afraid to start the skin but your pics are an inspiration.

Now tell me what gauge did you finally use...Gauge of metric is fine...... you went thicker/heavier I have been thinking of going lighter to ease the folding over process of the skin.....

How did you finally weld the skin...... I have a spot welder but must go through 3 thicknesses of steel..... or drill and plug with the jig welder.

Bob