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Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:14 pm
by SoCalli V8
Yeah thats how I work, just a thin skim of bondo to get the surface perfect. I spend alot of hours on the metal prep....

I can build and port & polish V8`s also, but not with my eyes closed though....

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:03 pm
by Kabey's Van
Well I'll admit I gotta take a peek every once in a while, but you know what I mean. It takes a awful lot of patience to do what your doing. My hats off to you.
Peter

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:56 pm
by SoCalli V8
Thankyou....

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:35 am
by Merlin
Darren, any updates on this smooth rear end? Nothing in some time now and you were going to update the pictures of it when in that white primer we all love. Enquiring minds want to know.

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:26 am
by GnarliSafari
personally i like our lower body line, but for those of you who have shaved it off using filler metal like so-cali here, have you had any problems with trapping moisture inside? seems to me something could get trapped in there and eat away at it from the inside, or even just trapped air behind the dura-glass seems scarry to me.

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:03 pm
by lockdoc
Fortunately for Darren he lives in southern California. The SOB can drive around with his van in bare metal if he wants. Whereas living in the Northeast I can't even let a panel go over night under a carport without having surface rust the next morning.

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:48 pm
by dumb lady
I missed the Cali-Wanks phone call!! Sorry Darren!! Hope all is going well with you & yer van. I call ya next weekend.

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:15 pm
by T.Low
Hey Darren, whats it look like now? I keep checking in to see the progress. I realize its summer time and updating the threads aren't the big priorites they are in winter, but I'm needing to know what it looks like!



Oh, and your next Geiko commercial; ad-lib a little about the $ you save insuring your custom V8 Shaved Astro. :bounce: and give a wink to us out here in ASVland.

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:02 pm
by SoCalli V8
Ooops I forgot all about this thread, some updated pic`s

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Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:52 pm
by astroturf
Smoooooooooth.

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:16 am
by Rebel
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LIKE IT !!!!
Great work Darren ,,,wouldn't expect anything less.

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:47 pm
by SoCalli V8
I have a new-style front end on my old-skool shortie cargo, but the newer front fenders have a lower plastic filler panel, which I don`t like. So I cut this lower piece out of an older van and welded it onto my new-style fenders, to smooothe them up.

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Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:55 am
by astroturf
SoCalli V8 wrote:I have a new-style front end on my old-skool shortie cargo, but the newer front fenders have a lower plastic filler panel, which I don`t like. So I cut this lower piece out of an older van and welded it onto my new-style fenders, to smooothe them up.

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Calli, do you still have the stock plastic fillers? Jim

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:39 am
by SoCalli V8
Yes, do you need a pair?

Re: Shaved Dutch Door Hinges

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:24 pm
by astroturf
SoCalli V8 wrote:Yes, do you need a pair?
Not me, But someone else here might. I've pm'd him, and given a link to this thread. Thanks, Jim