68 dodge charger door resto

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Mon Feb 27, 17 8:35 pm

hi all. here is my door pics. again I hope you like them. and find them interesting and even give you inspiration to start on your long term project you have been meaning to do. reggie

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Mon Feb 27, 17 8:41 pm

here is some more

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Mon Feb 27, 17 8:47 pm

as you can see. there has been lots done. but lots more to do. I look at this kind of restoration work as though you are doing a jigsaw puzzle. each piece fitted is one step closer to the finish. reggie

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Mon Feb 27, 17 8:53 pm

now in the last you can see I have made the lower door skin. and am about to repair the lower inner door shell lip. I wire brushed this area on with an electric brush. and welded in the repair. and primed it in red oxide. il paint a gloss on top of the red oxide before I replace the lower door skin I made earlier.

ScottyDave · Post by **ScottyDave** » Mon Feb 27, 17 9:18 pm

Good work going on there, I'm doing the same on a 73 model

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Mon Feb 27, 17 10:14 pm

hi dave. yes I saw your pics. I hope its all going well. I have 69 doors on my charger. when I bought these off dunc. I thought id repair them and sell them on, but having found they are proper 68 doors. well I just had to do them for my own car. theres more to do. so soon I will post some more up when I have more pics. your car is doing well. keep it up mate n don't stop. reggie

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Tue Feb 28, 17 6:25 am

Great work and I am gone learn something here, keep it up

Post by **MattH** » Tue Feb 28, 17 9:36 am

Fabulous work, you are right about the jigsaw puzzle. Seems ages since I was there doing similar.

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Tue Feb 28, 17 9:40 pm

thank you chaps. glad you like them. il be doing some more on the door tomorrow. so I hope il be able to post some more pics up too. I have just helped my son buy his first mopar. he is 23. lucky boy. il be having to restore that too I should think. ooh n yes you may have guessed it. he is having a 68 charger too. should be here in 4 weeks. reggie

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Sat Mar 04, 17 9:30 am

ok all. I have some more pics to post.

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Sat Mar 04, 17 9:51 am

now the inner door bottom is painted ready to offer up the lower outer door skin repair panel. note here its easier to pre drill the holes for plug welding before bending the reveal over onto the door bottom. as the angle of the door shell will prevent the use of a drill. note also the reveal is copied the same as was original. so the finished job will be in keeping with how it would of looked when originally made. eg the cut outs are in the same place for bending around the door shell

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Sat Mar 04, 17 9:57 am

ok il now find a pic with the reveal all folded over

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Sat Mar 04, 17 9:59 am

ok im now going to come back after I have reduced the file size of some other photo s later. reggie

ScottyDave · Post by **ScottyDave** » Sat Mar 04, 17 11:07 am

Good work there and handy for me too as I'm also planning on tackling the same this weekend

pinoccio · Post by **pinoccio** » Sat Mar 04, 17 12:26 pm

good on you mate, remember to keep a dolly on the lower door skin edge as you fold it over. and keep the door shell bottom and skin held together as you gradually fold the reveal over. on the arch section of the door I only used a 5m/m reveal to help fold the arched door skin edge over. then welded to it the arched sections to make the full reveal width. hope I have a pic ready to post showing this. reggie