Lately I've been chipping away at the door gaps. First I needed to pull out the door skin on the RHS a little where the weld on the lower patch panel shrunk a little. A few spotwelded studs and I was able to get it hopefully within a thin coat of filler.
Then I moved on to the LH door gaps. I went with a 3/16 target gap all around the door. For the front and rear door below the window I had to slit the cab along the edge and re-weld it back with spacers opening up the gap to where it was under 3/16.
Next I had to deal with the gaps along the window frame which were a little more sporadic. With the drip-rail installed that limited the modifications to be on the door instead of the cab. I spent some time identifying where the door needed material added and where it needed to be trimmed by running the 3/16 spacer along the gap to identify the transition areas. Then I added material needed in the areas where door needed extending by tack welding along the edge as required. Once I had the material added and ground down then I went along the edge marking the edge with a line to be trimmed to achieve the gap. Once the edge was cut then in a few areas the folded edge was separated into two pieces (since I removed the area that wrapped around) so I had to weld that area and file the edge back to the intended trim.
Then I moved on the RH door. The fwd edge of the door required half of the cab to split and the other half needed the edge of the door built up. On the aft edge all the modifications were done by grinding the door edge down and welding the edge where it broke thru the pinched area. I still have to do the upper window surround on the RH door but it looksto be about like the LH side..... a little welding and a little grinding.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
