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Sauron67MM said:
Door shells twist after removing a skin. I install skins lightly hemmed with perfect GM hinges. Rack them to fit and then tack weld the hems. Do not know a pro who does not do this. Blasting hinges introduces dust in the bushings. All my hinges get shipped to Willie. Not worth my time to do them. Especially 67 hinges. Got enough to do running a shop.
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Rack them to fit? You mean install them? So, hem them, then fit them with rebuilt hinges. And adjust and tack after inspecting gaps? Good advice. We will hem them and then install them to check fitment.

Have contact info for Willie?
 
Discussion starter · #422 ·
A question on interior paint. Katie’s car is an original marina blue car with deluxe bright blue interior. I took a piece of the interior to a paint shop and they scanned it and said it matched up to a metallic blue.

Is the interior paint metallic as well? I thought it was a solid color. They gave me both a metallic single stage and Solid single stage to test with. Any help would be appreciated.
 
#423 ·
Keith, From what I can see if it were mine I'd repair it and run with it. Encapsulator only works if it has rust to bond to AFAIK. I purchased a can when I was doing my car and never used it. My thought would be to get epoxy inside as best as possible. I'm not a pro so take this as you want.
 
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Sosh67 said:
Rack them to fit? You mean install them? So, hem them, then fit them with rebuilt hinges. And adjust and tack after inspecting gaps? Good advice. We will hem them and then install them to check fitment.

Have contact info for Willie?
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Hem them but don't hammer them home. Even if you do you will see how much the change when twisted or lifted or pushed down on the back. Get them where you want then tack weld the hems just like the factory did. Tack them on the car and then finish off the car. It's all self explanatory once you get into it. I posted pics of willies hinges many times on this site. In fact... The same 67 hinge he did for me is on his site. Lost track of of many he has done for me on all makes and models.
 
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Sauron67MM said:
Years ago when I did a write up on AMD parts their tailpanel was great. Years later when I bought another one it sucked and I returned it. Have no idea if they resolved the issue.
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Didn’t we used to have a sub forum where parts were compared? I remember someone did a comparison of two full floor pans and showed the differences between manufacturers.
I was active here until around 2007, when I went back overseas, but a lot has changed in the newer version of the forum.
 
Discussion starter · #432 ·
Put the passenger door on with rebuilt shims. That new door skin produces bigger gaps between the quarter and door. The door to rocker is actually better.

So, I fabricated some steel rod and Katie welded it to the door skin. The gap is now 3/16.

The alignment of the forward rocker edge and door is correct. The door closes correctly and does not interfere with the quarter edge molding.

Katie finished cleaning up the firewall as well.
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Sosh67 said:
We are thinking we might use this dented repop deck lid to repair the original.
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My AMD deck lid was not shaped correctly. Many others have reported the same problems with AMD lids. They are low in the upper corners at the quarter panel area. They are high in the middle next to the deck filler panel.

I cut pieces out of the AMD deck lid to repair the rusted spots on my original decklid.




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The window felt slots can be punched wrong. The two photos below show the slots punched at different heights. That little bit of variance makes a big difference how the window felt fits.

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Are you going to use reproduction glass? My reproduction door glass did not have a pronounced curve like the original glass. I had to cut the top of the door and move the felt closer to the glass.

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Miss Katie, you might be able to bend the door skin and the frame just a little to make the felt fit close to the reproduction glass before you weld the skin in place.
 
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We checked the location of the felt holes
Sauron67MM said:
Did test fit the window felt on that repro doorskin? I've had them not line up with the holes either due to a skin and/or the felts.
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I did and they do line up. The holes are a bit lower than the original holes. I noticed the felt clips are forked to help hold them in place. I kept the original skins. Katie and I will make sure we get the felts to lock in at the right height.

Great suggestion!
 
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