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Door skins

c.moo

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How much harder is it to skin a 2 door post door then a non 2 door post ? This is on a 63 savoy . Thanks
 
Depending on how bad your door is It would be easier to just repair the rusted area as long as the inner structure is solid! The repro skins don't quite line up with the original body lines! A find of mine just had his doors done and it was quite involved! Just putting it out there!
 
I wouldn't use repro door skins, especially if they aren't made perfect. find a decent set of doors that only will need the bottom 6 inches of metal replaced (that's usually the case, they rust out toward the bottom, not the top). I recently bought a door for my 64 Plymouth that cost me $150 and it's in better shape than the rest of my doors. It will only need a dollar coin sized patch. In the bottom corner.

It's easier and cheaper to cut out the rust and weld in a flat portion of metal... can just use plain old 18 or 20 gauge sheet steel. It will be less involved of a project and you will get a closer to original body contour and it will generally look better. Basically a win win.

If you think you need door skins your probably need new doors too.

I'm going to be doing what I said in a few weeks... replacing the bottom portion of the skin of my doors. Stay tuned and lmk if I'm not making sense
 
I have had 3 customers buy my Sled City Fiberglass door skins and glue them to their steel frames that are still bolted to the car and swinging. Of course their old damaged steel frames have already been removed. While doing it that way, you can line up body lines while door is on the car and swinging.
 
I have had 3 customers buy my Sled City Fiberglass door skins and glue them to their steel frames that are still bolted to the car and swinging. Of course their old damaged steel frames have already been removed. While doing it that way, you can line up body lines while door is on the car and swinging.
that is interesting,
if the OP is not concerned with originality, that could be fun

depending on the extent of door rust damage (if the doors are rusted), he still might need either new doors or to repair the old frames.

and if he found replacement doors it would not really make sense for most people to cut the skins off used doors in good condition unless the owner was trying to shed weight

as far as repairing rusted out frames, it's possible. but I would not recommend trying it unless your fairly experienced or at least comfortable with idea of welding
 
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