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| | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 6 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2009 Posts: 6 | hey guys new guy here I have a 51 chevy 3100 panel truck and I've been trying to get the body attached to the frame again.
I have a door that has been wrecked and has a 3 inch in depth dent in it but the window still rolls up and down locks work ,everything is cool ,but I cant get the old bolts out of the door to get the components out ,all the rest of the bolts Ive gotten out I ve broken them so I'm expecting something bad to happen .On the positive side I have another door ready to go,just the door shell no copenents in it.The question is I thought of chopping the door half way down from the copenents down and use the donor half to replace the chopped half I would leave pics in the gallery but I havnt figured out how to download pics yet | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Hey welcome mark, we need more panel owners, good to have you. I see you also posed this question in the panel and 'burbs. You can also post it in 'paint and body'. My first thought is to use the good door and move the components into it. Either way, it's a lot of work, but all this restoration stuff involves a lot of work. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Welcome to the Bolt and as Leo says its nice to have another Panel man on board.
You may want to cut the little access doors out as they are available and then you can spray the back side of the bolts with penetrating oil and let them soak.
You may want to weld a washer to them so you can get a grip on them and twist them out?!
I can tell you right now, even with those little plates off you do not have a lot of room to work and get to the inside. I just put some sound deadener in my doors and man was it a pain.....if you do this don't go side to side.....put it top to bottom. It always takes one way to figure another is best.
Good luck on the screws and as Leo says, post in the correct forum and you will get more responses.
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