This morning we discovered one of the new door hinges we had been waiting on was not the correct one for this car. I immediately called Tim and he took care of the situation. We will have the correct hinge on Monday. But we went ahead as planned.
We had two operations scheduled for today. First, we needed to fit both front fenders and both doors. Second, the aluminum body panels needed to be prepped and primed.
Although we were short one of the necessary hinges, we made it work. Using the best of the old hinges, we installed it on the passenger's door. The driver's door was fitted with the original hinges from the passenger's side. For our purposes today, this will work. We can change the slightly damaged hinge when we receive the new one on Monday.
With the fenders and doors in place, the welding on the driver's side latch panel can be completed.
With the front cowl panel missing from the equation, we used threaded rods to maintain the correct spacing of the front fenders.
We purchased a special cleaner and prep for the aluminum panels and it was delivered at noon today.
Both panels were cleaned and primer was applied. Saturday morning, the body panels, with the exception of the front cowl, will be installed and Paxton will be finishing the welding on the driver's side.
Check back tomorrow for the latest.
Tom McCurry
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