One step forward, two steps back. Door #2 Soaked the bottom of the door in a trough with rust remover and of course some perforations reared their ugly head. Was able to weld them up [without patches] and moved onto straightening the dents. I originally thought this door was better than the first bu...

Thanks Steve, My garage buddies that come by on Friday evening for beers and solving the world's problems were pretty sure I had lost my mind. I heard "good enough" more than once but I was determined. Now that I think about it was probably 2 weeks worth of long evenings. But, it turned out well and...

No posts doesn't necessarily denote a lack of progress. Exceedingly slow progress but progress none the less. I think I have no less than 40-50 hours in straightening the "filler door". Crazy I know but I was determined to get the door to the point where "almost" no filler was necessary and the curv...

And also the "satisfaction" of having done it yourself. Your friends and neighbors may not care but there are many here that appreciate what that means! I did reach out to Doug Pelton, [FTFU] with a slightly lengthy email with my thoughts on timbers and the difficulties in mixing timbers from differ...

Congratulations! Looking good.
Moving right along. I think getting the doors fit is definitely a milestone in tub building!

robj

Thanks,
Good point, I forgot about the spring.

robj

I'm guessing the hinge opening in the door face should be square as opposed to clipped off as in the second photo?
Thanks,
robj

I just looked at my hinges and each one has a gap, some worse than others. There was a stray new one in the parts that came with the car and that one's worse than the original ones.
Do you think there's any downside to applying heat as opposed to cold bending?

robj

That's what I thought Steve, And hard as nails. A 36grit on a rotary grinder got most off, leaving just a trace for the sandblast cabinet, [and without scarring the metal too much]. There were a few small dents that were filled and a slight low spot but nothing that warranted that level of filler. T...

Rob I feel your pain. I was doing some mental math as to where I am now cost and progress wise and I'm pretty sure when all is said and done I'll be at the price of a half-way decently restored and done TC, so $30,000? And that's doing everything myself including paint. But at least the engine's goo...

Hi Rob, Although it's a little hard to tell from here but the fore and aft fit on your door opening seems a little snug. In TCF I'm pretty sure he says 1/4" all around for bare timbers, [at least on the TC] to accommodate the thickness of the sheet metal from the doors and the body. Obviously your d...

I ended up needing some door timbers. I wrote to Craig Seabrook to have them added to my order for tub parts. He had all but 2 so as he is a supplier to FTFU, I sent an inquiry to them; "A quick question; Do you only get timbers from Craig Seabrook or do you have other vendors?" Doug's, [quick] repl...

I can see where timbers from different resellers could be an issue and if some resellers are selling parts from different manufacturers that would compound the issue. One would "think" parts made by the same manufacturer "should" fit together decently as I'm thinking they can check their patterns fo...

Started working on the other door. The good news, after sandblasting in the cabinet, no rust that I can see so far. But I'm replacing most of the wood in that one so we'll see what it looks like inside when the wood is removed. The bad news? A fair portion of the outside is covered with over 1/8", a...

Part 2. As I said, ugly but cleaned up pretty well. Now for those 2-3 pin holes in the welds. Hopefully no blow-throughs! IMG_6958.jpeg IMG_6959.jpeg I should have made the folded over portion of the face part of the large patch a tiny bit shorter but it was hard to tell that before it was mostly fo...

Thanks Jay, Hard to have too much information. Any photos of original tubs are helpful! So after quite a bit of agonizing, trial fitting, measuring I came to the conclusion I wasn't real happy with the rear tub timber parts I got from Moss. Mostly the Hinge Pillar, Elbow, and Rear Top Side Rail. I p...

Now that's a jig! Craig Seabrook's name came up a few times with regard to quality timber parts. Some thought he was no longer making parts and had sold his patterns to Doug Peyton at FTFU. I communicated with him and It seems he's no longer making complete tubs but still has the patterns and is sti...

Has anyone bought parts from "MG Ash Frames" in the UK? I'm sure shipping would be a consideration but still...

http://mgashframes.co.uk

robj

I started out attempting to make new door pillars fit my existing pieces. Some of my tub was original and some were replacement parts probably from many, many years ago. I ended up deciding to start from scratch. I'm sure the most of the sellers of timber parts are getting them from suppliers and ar...

Looking for some opinions here. So who do you think, [from experience] makes the best fitting timber parts? [in the states] 99% of mine came from Moss, [which I read somewhere come from Hudson] and to be honest the fit from one piece to the next is pretty dismal. I figured some "fitting" would be re...