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[neilb]

well as some of you know i am building some aluminium doors for this car, but i need them now to check the opening with the window frame along with the lock post before the longitudinal gets closed up and the floor gets fitted. so i took the original doors to get glass blasted at 'blast and peen' in keysborough Melbourne, so i can repair them as it will be quicker than finishing the alu doors. (what with making a jig to fit the original door into then take templates and so on)

here's what's left lol...

[neilb]

[neilb]

started to weld them up already but I'll remember to take pictures when I get to the garage, but here Is one repair panel

[JOP]

Wow, aggressively eaten by Metal Termites
But repair panel looks nice.

Do you still do all ya wheeling on the yellow rig that was seen earlier?
Or ya bought yaself a new one from Pete

Id love getting one but its heavy and a loooooong way from Vikingland.
Thx 4 update

[JTR70]

Your fabrication skills are simply amazing Neil! The shapes you turn out are impressive to say the least. I'm looking forward to watching some alloy doors being built.

[neilb]

Thank you guys for the kind words, it is nice to hear, whether amateur or professional panel beater.

so as it stands at the moment









JOP, yes i still have the cheapo english wheel, I too would love one of Peter's wheels but that will be much later on if at all with my hand!

Justin, I am almost half way through one alu frame!

[JOP]

Neil,
These are old ones I got from a Marek who deals with parts and renovation...
sorry for poor quality of photos but thats M fault

[John Pierce]

Neil, your work is outstanding! Thanks for sharing.

JP

[neilb]

Thanks John

bit more done,













bit more tweaking then put the holes in, here's the old

[neilb]

Neil,
These are old ones I got from a Marek who deals with parts and renovation...
sorry for poor quality of photos but thats M fault

thanks for sharing your pictures, they seemed somehow familiar, and after looking i realised why, i have a picture of a door the same as those but not on your red coupe

[JTR70]

I not only marvel at your ability to fabricate parts but also your willingness to presue repairing these doors. I would have taken the easy way out and bought a fresher pair. Awesome work Neil!

[neilb]

Thanks for the kind words justin,

little more done







on to the next part now, the bottom!

[neilb]

so the bottom piece! you can obviously buy these parts but where would be the fun in that?... so I made a press with some steel RHS I had laying around (like you do). I bought some 150mm X 10mm flat bar to make some dies, the male die had shapes tacked on it and the female had holes milled in it. This is today's result












I will have another go tomorrow but I'll pre stretch the panel in the areas with the most shape

thanks for following along

[JOP]

Nice tools Niel,
So you have now set up a AUS Porsche 356 Metal Repair parts production
How loong time is delivering for ordering parts ?
I need to fix my tooling for my Pullmax so i can start being a litle bit more productive...
Thx 4 sharing
Per

[neilb]

thanks per,

that's a tempting idea making door parts lol, i made another one and pre stretched the panel, here's the result






quite happy with it, i'll do another as a spare and then in aluminium for my other doors.

thanks for following the madness