28/29 Roadster Door Re-Skin

[Flop]

Got a set of roadster door in the shop. the original skins were pretty beat up . old brazing,dents ,dings ,oil can you name it!



decided to go with the new skins because it will give a much cleaner outcome compared to trying to fix everything

heres the outter skin removed from the inner. i wire wheeled the inner skin to remvoe the surface rust and fixed some pin holes in the bottom of the door but for got to take pictures of that . I primered the new skin and inner and used weld through primer on the edges where it was spot welded a few times.



here is the nice clean outcome



i had to weld the top corners they didnt look good put a quick dab of weld made it lok 100 times better

i got the skins from snyders in ohio i believe they are from brookville

they fit very very very well only place that needed trimmed was the piece that spots welds to the inner skin above the holes at the top. it was to long and was visible in the large holes



i simply folded the edge over with a hammer and dolly





they other door is in worse shape i will post pictures up soon of that one!

[18n57]

I've two doors ready to skin, this was a form of encouragement! Did you weld the skins to the inners or is the crimp on the edge enough to hold everything in alignment?

[Flop]

there originally is about 5 spot welds per side so thats what i did just followed where they were from the factory . i did that after everything was bent over.there are also 5 spot welds at the top. from the inner panel to a piece that connects to the outter.

[Vanspeed]

Are those doors different years? One a 28 and the other a 29? Different handle holes. Awesome work! I might be doing this to one of my doors in the future and now I know how to tackle it. Thanks.

[wrndln]

Flop,
How did the recrimping turn out? Did you use a special tool? I can't see the crimped edges real well in the picturesl. I was thinking of replacing the door skins on my doors, but thought the recrimping would look bad (wavy), unlike the original doors which were very smooth. Did your reskinning job end up with nice smooth edges and on the inside part of the crimp?
Rusty Nelson

[Flop]

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dont know if they are different doors or not . one sets of holes was brazed up .


wrndin. the crimp came out pretty nice. i have a few marks glancing blows with the chisel end of my hammer when i first started then immediatley changed to the face of the hammer. after i hammered each edge out i went over it with a hand break then with a sanding disc. . it came out really clean . i will get more pictures for you tomorrow.

[Flop]

hey wrndin here are 2 pics of the crimp area









the next roadster door=mess







starting to piece it together






bottom fixed up but all around the latch is a mess so thats next

[Woodie1]

You did a very nice job on the doors. It should hold up well for years.

[wrndln]

Flop,
It looks like the crimped edges turned out pretty well and straight. My original doors looked like the ones in your second set of pictures with the bottom of the inner panels rusted out badly - even worse than yours. You did a very good job of repairing them.
Rusty Nelson

[Flop]

thanks guys!



yeeeaaaah onto this !!!!




heres a piece i made in the bead roller



piecing it all together

[Vanspeed]

Very nice.

[RandyinUtah]

Very nice work and helpful pictures

[Ghost of elmirage]

How much were those skins ? Aren't they like 80 or 100 bux each? I am thinkin about building my own inards.

[Flop]

thanks guys !


the skins were 140 from snyders. they are close enough to drive to for me


heres the doors finished up







thanks guys!!!

[28RPU]

You do good work. I guess that bead roller comes in handy in many ways restoring old cars.

[wrndln]

Flop.
You do amazing work! I was thinking of trying to do what you did, but I don't I have the skills that you do. I also don't have the bead roller. Roughly, how long did it take you to repair the doors? Nice job.
Rusty Nelson

[john hamilton]

Excellent workmanship. I've used Snyder's skins, too and they were excellent. Eastwood has a pair of tools to remove and then recrimp the skins. The first one pries it apart and the second one smoothly crimps the new skin. So easy to use and the crimp holds everything together.

[Flop]

28rpu the bead roller comes in handy alot on these cars .making body lines for patch panels etc etc etc . thanks !!


wrndln
about 2 and a half hours in the good door and around 9 hours into the bad door

thanks john!
this is the first door i have skinned in about 5 years. i will have to check out the price on east woods product!!

soon have some work on a 31 phaeton coming up so keep your eyes peeled for that one!!!!

[18n57]

Nice work on the latch area repair! I didn't replace that piece on mine; it was pretty beat up, it might have been easier to do so.

[Nervr2old]

My inner panels were fairly flimsy and I am stretching the doors 3" on my RPU so I made a fixture from 1/2" aluminum to hold the shape while I folded the edges of the skins over.
It was quite a long process altogether but both doors fit very well.