Barn Find 442 W30

[Canuck]

Areas were metals were boxed were particularly vulnerable and Mark removed the pieces to gain access to fabricate new pieces as necessary. The caged nuts for the hinges were one particular area:


These were areas where the factory spot welds were cut to remove the inner reiforcement:



The drivers door had been hit in the past and the leading edges were too far feformed to make the shell re usable.
A good doner shell was selected from the 5 parts cars that Mark has in his back 40 wherever a piece of metal needs replacement:



Same process to clean up left door



When all repair work was done, the door shells were primed with DTM.





The NOS door skins were not perfect as there were minor dings etc after all these years of storage: