C8 progress in Texas

[David DeWeese]

Hi,
Got both my doors all welded up and fairly straight this weekend. There were lots of stress cracks, structural damage and some very deep dents to manage. The deep dents in both doors were apparently caused by the lack of door check straps fitted, which caused these suicide doors to slam into the rear body.....and must have happened a lot on this truck! If you saw the condition of the door latches, you would know why.

Received my door snaps for the canvas window openings on Saturday. They installed OK using light pressure with a large "C" clamp. I used brass tarp eylettes in the two upper holes in the doors. Didn't know what exactly went in these holes, but one of Andrew's photos show a brass fitting in one of them. The tarp eyelettes were an exact pressed fit, and I had them already, so I went with them for the time being.

The 1934 Ford door handles will go away once I order a correct reproduction pair, but they do look kind of stylish, don't they?

Also sorted out my windshield wiper hardware and installed the grab handle on the passenger side floor.

Thanks, David