Ok so i desided that i would see if i could just get part of the door done tonight and have gotten so involved that it would apear that i'm doing the entire thing in one night. I have a few picks of the project and photobucket is being slow so i will edit the post as i go. (i don't think that i'm going to upload 2mg pics to this site either)so you will have to deal with what i have for now.

I will do image tags so that the images will be in this post and you will not have to click links.. may take a while to load but photbucket will resize them and make them smaller.


with out further adue!

the padding


The grim under the padding with glue.





the sanding--used a drimmel(sp) tool and sand paper... and sanded by hand. took the cap from a can of spray
paint and traced the circle on the sand paper and attached to the drimmel tool.







primed




Painted

 

Nice work. Your gonna paint them and leave it unpadded?

 

Aye getting pics uploaded right now... just about done with Driver side.

 

Bah i can't edit that post any more guess there is a max number of times.

Before


After





bah kinda blury because of the dark... will get some tomorrow in the day light...

time to complete 1 door is about 4.5 hours. Hope yall enjoyed this production.

 

Not too shabby. Any idea if it would be any different having power windows?

I don't know if the door structure is the same to fit the bulbous window motor in there.

 

Just a little suggestion. The glue residue is easily removed with laquer thinner or acetone. Remove it before you start sanding, saves on the sand paper. Thinner with a scotch brite pad works the best.

The 1st gen door panels are very easy to re-do, if you manage to save the padding on the top of the door. For the main part of the panel, I use headliner foam that comes with a cloth cover. Use the 3M 90 adhesive spray in a can to secure the padding and then the fabric to the panel.

My door panels look similiar now, until I find and order a fabric and vinyl that is a close match to the stock gray interior.

 

Aye i tried gas but did have a pacents for trying to remove the glue. So i just hit it with about 100 grit sand paper on the drimmel tool tood it right off. then hand sanded it down with 220. there are alot of little dips and everything in the door that are hard to get to. Over all i'm very pleased with it. The car is going to look rough for a bit of time. In the middle of moving and everything... so the next door will have to wait until about 2 weeks from now unless i get it taken care of tonight. which i may do. Read care with black interior and green door pannels... haha... i have got to finish up the inside so it at least matches.

 

oooo...definitly not a fan of the green...

 

It all good I think the green is a little to light... and not enough neon. but the point is that it will all be acented color. The outside of the car will be black with crome/silver trim because of the Targa top. Sorry i'm keeping it on. Also i plan on painting Lizards on the hood when i get done witht he paint job. Me and the GF Like lizards...her more than me... but anything that can lick its own eye is kewl in my book.

I wish that i had the cha-ching to get a good paint job... guess for right now i can take the time to pull the rust out of it and paint over it to not let it rust though until i can get the paint job on the body.

I also think that the green will look better with a clear coat. Don't think that it is bad for first go... so will take it down and redo some of the paint after light sanding and get a clear coat on it to make it shine. but being that i like green, lime green, yellow green . . or what ever the color she picked out... It really stands out from the black.. just going to be really hard to match up with seats and the like... I feel a few years project coming on.

Thx for the input yall... and as far as power windows and such goes... i don't think that much difference other than the holes wil be in different spots. but don't know i have yet to see one with power windows... still need to get those doors... but for now this will hold me over and help keep me motovated.