TR6oldtimer
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I finally got the door skinned, it was not that hard to do. When I fitted it to the car, a problem I noted with a fender purchased 20 some years ago got worse.
In the picture below, the green arrow (a little to far to the left) points to the upper corner of the door that extends about 1/16" to far forward. The red arrow points to where I will cut back 1/16" to compensate for the door. The yellow arrow points out the arc in the replacement fender that is too deep(a known problem with this piece). I will correct it by brazing a piece of welding rod to the edge of the fender, then grind to fit.
Another problem that I was aware of is that the curvature of the upper fender to the crease line is less then the door. As much as I hate to do this, I will have to build that area up with 1/32" or so of body filler.
The rest of the door fits very well, so I am going ahead with brazing the skin to the frame at all the usual places, as well as filling in the gaps at each end of the window glass opening.
It is slowly getting there.
In the picture below, the green arrow (a little to far to the left) points to the upper corner of the door that extends about 1/16" to far forward. The red arrow points to where I will cut back 1/16" to compensate for the door. The yellow arrow points out the arc in the replacement fender that is too deep(a known problem with this piece). I will correct it by brazing a piece of welding rod to the edge of the fender, then grind to fit.
Another problem that I was aware of is that the curvature of the upper fender to the crease line is less then the door. As much as I hate to do this, I will have to build that area up with 1/32" or so of body filler.
The rest of the door fits very well, so I am going ahead with brazing the skin to the frame at all the usual places, as well as filling in the gaps at each end of the window glass opening.
It is slowly getting there.