door nightmare

We decided to use the doors off the '40 parts truck since the innards were in better condition than our originals.  The buyer for the '40 wanted the window openings for his project, so we cut  apart the original doors to salvage parts we might be able to use to remake doors.

Looking close, I do believe that this truck was green on the bottom and cream on top!  The previous owner slathered on some POR15 at some point....... Don't know if the green/cream was original or not, but I didn't see any sign of red on these doors at all........

We saved what we could from the old doors........ We got a lot of screws out, but a lot of them had to be drilled out.......

 And this is what was left.  Parts we are saving 'just in case'......

and the two door tops for the buyer of the '40........

Speaking of the '40.......  that left the yard Sunday morning........

We also started disassembly of the donor doors from the '40.........

UGH.  LOTS of rot in these too........  They will be easier to move around without the window mechanisms and latch mechanisms inside.  We are going to partially rebuild these for now - just get the framework stable and secure so we can hang the doors and get on with other things (like the floor!)  I made a patch panel for part of the door edge - the rest will have to be a wider section replaced (and obviously part of the inside/bottom and the whole underneath/bottom).  We will worry about the skin at a later date.

After making that patch panel with just the edge of the work table, a piece of angle iron and clamps and a hammer, we realized we needed a good metal brake and soon.  So, with the money we got from the sale of the '40, we turned around and spent it on tools the same day......

A 48'' metal brake (box brake) I found on Craigslist........

and the seller threw in a freebie.......  a HF bead roller (that we will be revamping to stregthen and make it more usable and get rid of the Chinese bolts that are obviously bad!)  It has a bunch of dies, but I think I'll need to find a tipping die for this too.........

Then, he mentioned that he also had a shrinker/stretcher set he'd be willing to sell too.  So that came home with us too!

Next on our list of tools to get will be a BIG vice.  We have one, but it's too small........  After work yesterday, Brian built a stand for the vice-we-don't-own-yet.....

 An old truck brake drum, a piece of framerail, and a section of the old pipe from our wall tent.  Now it just needs a plate on top and a big vice.........