The WC53 Carryall thread .

[Gordon Maney]

I have to do an article on this....

I have been hoping.

[Gary Weaklend]

Battery Box Changes

Good job on your doors Bruce.
Since your previous picture showed the battery box side I thought I would show some pictures of what I did. Compared to your door skins this would be a cake walk. Basically I spot welded two 16 gauge angle pieces to the inside area of the battery opening and welded the steele to them. That way in the future if someone wants to go back to original they would just grind out the weld (and get the old parts out of my attic). After grinding the welds I used a little fiberglass type filler and then went over that with a polyester skim coat to block sand. I'll show the running boards in another thread.

[Gary Weaklend]

Passenger Side RunningBoard

To lengthen the passenger side I purchased a passenger side rear extension for a pickup from VPW and cut out part of the middle so I could use the rear end to bolt to the fender and welded the front to my runningboard.

[Tom Petroff]

Gary,

Your work is Awesome!
Can't wait to see it.
TGP

[Ugg013]

Gary,

Your work is Awesome!
Can't wait to see it.
TGP

I AGREE! So, ya keep your leftover parts in your attic? I don't mean to be gettin to personal, but are ya married? If so, she lets ya keep vehicle parts in the attic? ;>)

Later
Ugg

[Gary Weaklend]

Ugg

So, ya keep your leftover parts in your attic?

The bathtub is full with the transmission, hubs and brake parts (ha ha).

Attic in the garage.

[Gary Weaklend]

Cheap Body to Frame Rubber Mounts

Seems like everyone has their own way of mounting the Carryall body to the frame. I used a buzzsaw belt that I picked up at a farm auction. The bottom photo shows a treated 2X4 with 1 piece of belt on top.

[Ugg013]

The bathtub is full with the transmission, hubs and brake parts (ha ha).

Attic in the garage.

Gary:

That's why the wife made me install a 2nd bathroom. This way I can keep my stuff in mine and she can put her stuff in her's. Now the kids just have to suffer and keep their stuff outside. HA!

Later
Ugg

[MoparNorm]

Then tell her to install a second garage so she can put her stuff in there.....
Relentless

[Bruce in BC]

Doing a wack of test fitting

Put the door on , take it off, tweak it.
Repeat 10 times.
trial fit the skin.
experiment with the bear claw door latch .
experiment with outside door handle that no longer fits
make inside door latch work .
hunt fot two hours trying to find the guts to the drivers door.
drive 18 minutes
look in home shop for lost parts for an hour .
drive 18 minutes and start to weld up the new door latch parts
machine bear claw latch to take a standard door bushing
finish the latch mounting hole and drill holes to mount
ponder why is there no template for this in the kit
contemplate chucking the whole thing in
start on the sheet metal for the topof the door (inner is done - the outside needs to be made to fit the new inner door)
go buy some little hinges
strip down a newer dodge door just to get the little bushings.

and it is time for a break

Bruce

[MoparNorm]

Sometimes it seems like you go two steps back for every one forward, but eventually it all takes shape...and doing it right the first time pays off in the end.

[Bruce in BC]

door corner detail

this is what the door latch looks like from a corner view . The door skin has not been folded over the door structure . The skin is in place so that the door handles and latches can be installed . I am also making sure that the parts can be removed with the skin installed. The bottom brown rusty look is from the soapy water rust mix that was floating on the derusting tank . It wipes off.

[MoparNorm]

Nice work!

[Gary Weaklend]

Good job Bruce. That took more nerve than I have to reskin a door and change the latch. I'm impressed.

[Randy N]

[QUOTE=Bruce in BC;35666]Thanks for the picture . I wonder what part of the world that Carryall calls home .

I think it is in Abbotsford BC. If im not mistaken it belongs to a memeber of the local MVPA chapter there...I think his name is Brooke Quam