This past weekend I went ahead and assembled the cab doors and rehung them. I still have to add the glass and the felt channel but I'll have to do this after it is painted. I also pulled the inner window molding and then bonded the fuzzy strip on the bottom of it with some panel adhesive that I had left over. I used some spring clamps and some wire ties to hold it in place until it cured.
Earlier in the build I had patched the rear inner wheelwells with new sheet-metal that I had rolled a bead to match the existing factory bead along the edge. Unfortunately the brake calipers hit the patched wheelwell so I had to do some local butchering of the area to clear the caliper and the increased travel of the rearend on the airbags.
I had already made a cardboard template of the area a little while back so I could fab a new panel with a matching stiffener bead. So I cut out two new patch panels out of some sheet stock and then broke out the bead roller to make the panels. I left the periphery a little large so I could trim it to fit the hacked openings but it will have to be installed/welded when I remove the body from the chassis and have better access. I have a few more small things to do and then the huge task of dialing in the wonky hood.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
