More weight reduction and FG work

Because we've taken the weight reduction so seriously in other aspects of the car, we decided to do the same with the doors. While I was on Vacation Jimmy was hard at work. He completely cut out the inner panels, saving about 5-7 lbs.




While I was away he also painted all 4 of our basset wheels flat black.



Our next step before permanently mounting the FG panels is to make room for our new wheels. In order for them not to rub I had to cut into our steel 1/4 panels. I cut out a 2" strip off the top side of the wheel well.

At this stage, using my hammer and dolly I joined the inner and outer sheet metal you see pictured below. I then used my welder to re-join the two panels. It was a long arduous process, but it came out perfect. Unfortunately I don't have pictures to show. Jimmy then slathered the welded areas with some caulking, and our next step will be mounting the fenders.


The Fronts have turned out great. We still need to permanently mount the rear portions of the fenders, but these pictures show how the fenders have turned out.