Today, I enlisted the help of my wife, Penny, to get the stripping on the doors done. I want to get them out of the way this weekend so I can move on to stripping the guards. With Penny’s help, we achieved our goal and discovered that the new stripper that I am using is […]
Dad was a bit eager to get started on repairing the driver side guard today. This guard had a huge amount of body filler showing on the inside of the guard. We were both keen to see how much trouble the guard was actually in. I started to strip off the paint and we quickly […]
Continued working on the doors today. Got them nearly completely stripped and Dad spent some time on the passenger door. He has made some patch repairs to the rust holes using some gal plate he had laying around. Rather than brazing, he decided to use solder. This way, less heat is used and the metal […]
Removed the doors today and stripped them of their bits’n’pieces. I had read that it is quite difficult to take the doors off due to their weight, but found that a well placed trolley jack and block of wood made it a breeze. Once I had both doors off, I stripped them of their components. […]