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Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

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AWESOME, Darren!! We've talked about this many times on the tellie, but it's GREAT to see the pictures! =D> =D> =D>
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Thankyou DL I appreciate your input, Stay tuned as I work on my "body, everynight now that evening temps are cooler" here in SoCal.... my rearend is looking rather smooth right now...... :tonqe:
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Looks great Darren,,gonna be slick for sure.
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I fabricated and welded in the plates to make my rear end look smoother this weekend....

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Keep the updates comin Darren,you know we like to see what the Fab-Master is up to :supz:
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Thanks dude, I work on my van every night after work, bodywork is soo time consuming.
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Awesome stuff!!

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Where those ugly upper door hinges mounted on the upper surface, both now look like this......


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Lookin good. Now all we need to do is find a way to hide the hinges and make the doors opperational at the same time. I'll get on it! :-k

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Lookin smooth D. Hang in there bud. That rear of yours is going to be a smoothy.
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phatmaxx87 wrote:Lookin good. Now all we need to do is find a way to hide the hinges and make the doors opperational at the same time. I'll get on it! :-k

-Vance

Good Luck Vance, I look forward to seeing what hinges you find that will work....?
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I had an F-up and slighly distorted on of my rear doors, so I cut along the center of the crease and popped it out and very, very gently tacked it back together again. Its all better now, and I learn't a valuble lesson.


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Since then I have built up a couple of thin layers of bondo, and it is begining to take shape.


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And look really Smooothe....


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Looking good Darren. =D> =D>
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Looking cool, Darren what caused the door to buckle in the 1st place...Johnny
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I think that it must have been too much heat as I was making small welds down the center of the two doors, it happened as the metal cooled, man I was pissed because I was being soo careful....

Maybe I had my welder turned up too high by mistake for the thickness of the metal ?
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