Hi There,

I will shortly undertake the replacement of a door skin on my 240.

Not having done this before, I am just wondering if anybody out there, who have done this, can offer some good advise.

Questions that pop up are:

How many welds to hold it in place?

Ways of stopping rust between panels?

A panel beater once told me, not to weld it.

Just Use POR-15 around the joints he said, and fold over the metal before it dries.

This way a good rust proof seal/adherence is achieved.

I dont know about you but I would like at least some welds, call me old fashioned.

Opinions please.

Michael

At the body shop I work at I have never seen a door skin welded on (except for a 65 ferrari I'm restoring). All doorskins are folded around the edge and then seam sealed just as yer friend said. The POR-15 trick sounds like a very good idea to prevent rust as well.

I need to replace the door skins on my car, can you tell me where you got them and how much you had to pay?

Thanks

Terry

Hi Terry,

I bought the skins at "All Z parts" in Sydney, Australia.

They are locally made, with some improvements over the originals.

I paid AU$250 ea.

Hopefully you can find some in the US, if not I know that "All Z parts" do import and export bits.

Here is a web site link: www.allzparts.com.au

Best regards,

Michael

MBentsen,

On the '72 240 that my son are currently restoring, we found that the driver side door had a lot of bondo in it, so rather than go to all of the trouble and expense (we do not have a welder nor do we know how to weld) we purchased a good, solid door (complete with working window, good glass, etc). Since the door we purchased was orange and the 240 is white, I used a grinder on the outside face of the door and wherever else I could to get rid of the orange paint with the grinder. The remaining area that I could not get a grinder on was sanded by hand. Once it is primered, painted and has the inside door panel installed it should look great! Oh, by the way we also changed out the door lock. For only a few man hours of labor and only $75.00 for the door we have a good solid, matching color door! We also have a spare window, etc. from the old door as well (which we will probably need for our '71 once we start restoring it).

Hi lonetreesteve,

If good quality doors are available where you live, I agree with you.

However, I havent been able to find sound doors down under.

As well as that, when you completely restore things, you know for certain, that there is no rust trapped in joints etc.

Good point though.

Michael

MBentsen,

On the '72 240 that my son are currently restoring, we found that the driver side door had a lot of bondo in it, so rather than go to all of the trouble and expense (we do not have a welder nor do we know how to weld) we purchased a good, solid door (complete with working window, good glass, etc). Since the door we purchased was orange and the 240 is white, I used a grinder on the outside face of the door and wherever else I could to get rid of the orange paint with the grinder. The remaining area that I could not get a grinder on was sanded by hand. Once it is primered, painted and has the inside door panel installed it should look great! Oh, by the way we also changed out the door lock. For only a few man hours of labor and only $75.00 for the door we have a good solid, matching color door! We also have a spare window, etc. from the old door as well (which we will probably need for our '71 once we start restoring it).