This week has been a little bit of a struggle. Going over the body and fixing small spots that were missed earlier. The passenger side lower tail light panel was cut out and replaced, which turned into a real challenge. It seems the after market replacement panels are different depending on the vendor supplying, and the one I sourced was a 1/4 " too long compared to the factory part. Instead of taking a couple of hours to replace it turned into nearly a full day to cut and section it and make it work. Looks good finally, but was a lot of extra work that shouldn't have been.
The front radiator support was modified to allow more room for the Vintage Air condenser ,and the lower part was boxed in to add strength after removing some of the metal. Was also trimmed to clear the PS box.
Also, a puzzle for you home grown engineers- in a shortened rear door how do you get the glass into the door? Answer- take a hint from the early doors in which the upper window track could be removed. I had a 68 door we studied and figured out how to make it work. One side is no problem, but the side where the vent window was eliminated was a bit more complex.
Since it isn't completed yet, we don't have pictures. And Thomas and Rick are working on Rick's tubular frame for the rest of this week, trying to get all the four link and three link built, so we won't get back to the doors until after the weekend.
Project is still moving on, just slowed a bit do to the trial and error required to make everything work.
