Where to go with this rusthole

[grannyknot]

6 hours ago, Elliott000 said:

I think I'll weld on a small piece of rod the the door edge and straighten the gap.

1/8" welding rod for Oxy/Acet works well, then you just grind it back to what you need.  How's the gap on the front of the door?  There are spacers you can use to push the door to the rear.

[Elliott000]

1/8" welding rod for Oxy/Acet works well, then you just grind it back to what you need.  How's the gap on the front of the door?  There are spacers you can use to push the door to the rear.

When I had the fender on the gap up front is about as large as I would want it to be so moving the door backwards isn't really an option. I'm going to get the quarter finished off and then finalize the bottom. I'd like to get it off the rotisserie and onto its wheels. Then I will focus on fine tuning panel fitment. Thanks for the info on welding rod. I really only need it at that top pointed area of the rear of the door

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[Elliott000]

I've been a poor datsun builder . I grabbed a new toy and it's distracted me. I have however gotten the drivers quarter mostly welded up. Few more hours of messing around and body metal work is done! Just need to asses the rear valance and one bumper mount.

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[Elliott000]

Holy hell boys! Been awhile , update is..... All rust is removed and repaired. Epoxied the bttm and seam sealed er up and today I put on the final 2nd coat of undercoating (herculiner) I chose this stuff because I had used it on my bro co and I a used that thing hard in the bush, she held strong so I assume in this application under a car instead of a beast she will hold up fine. Pretty friggen excited to bolt on a few suspension pieces and get this thing off the stand and on ots wheels. Next up is a bit of a break from it, then set and adjust door gaps and hood /tailgate stuff. Should be ready to epoxy the body and start in on skim coats of bondo by the fall. Yay!

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[grannyknot]

Looks great, that's a lot of progress and it looks familiar, keep at it.

 

[Elliott000]

Alright ghys I'm now officially into the world of unkown haha. Panel fit up and the beginnings of body work. Drivers door is pretty good but the passnger door/fender is odd, the fender from PO is not straight down the edge vertical with the door, you'll see what I mean in the pics. I will shim the door out a bit to the side to mate up nice with the fender but what to do about the door gap. I can't do a lot more in terms of alignment with the door itself. I mean I could but I'll have to gri d and weld the lip at the back I think.... What's your guys thoughts on this bit of muckery

I gotta put the latch on too. Before I finish working this should I be checking how it closes and fits with the wetaher strip on or just do my gaps and ensure it all lines up nice then epoxy er up!

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[Patcon]

The gap at the very top is normally large like that. There is some inconsistency right above the body line. My way of going at that is grinding off metal or adding weld bead along the edge to build it out. I think I would strip the front fender to make sure what the rear edge looks like