Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Sealing the welded seams before bodywork starts. The rear window top frame is in place now.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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The driver's side pillar is gone now and Gary has replaced the floor pan section which had been repaired previously. All the parts have been cut off of the donor car now, which is sitting out in the bitter cold we've been seeing the past days. Man am I sick of winter!
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Driver's side post is tacked in place. Fitment on this side is proving a bit tougher. Apparently there's production variation in door opening height from side to side, as the driver's door is a slightly tighter fit up and down than was seen on the passenger side. We wondered if perhaps someone had redone the bottom of the door at some point and it ended up being taller. Will find out once that one is stripped down.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Starting to line up the old rear door skin. Gary said a neighbor stopped by earlier and thought 'adding the little rear door' was a nice touch.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Stripped the passsenger door to assess condition. Not too bad at all considering how rusty the donor car was. This was the original door to the donor, judging from overspray. It does not appear we'll be as lucky with the driver's door, which will need some work.
Chapper, thanks for asking about the '62. It's still sitting covered up waiting for the sun to come out again, although I did drag home another one a few weeks ago to keep it company. Wish I'd found this second one first or I'd have started with it for sure, as it still has floors in it for the most part!
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Work continues. Driver's side is welded up, window corner piece is in place and door handle holes welded up. Ready to start sealing the seams.
Being an old stock car racer, Gary even had his angle checker out verifying the door jamb angles are correct and consistent side to side.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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View from the front. I'm very pleased with the progress. He's welding in the inner panel today, installing the window channel and will start body work shortly.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Hi Bill. I did buy the one from the DeKalb area. Happy with the purchase. The worst part of the whole deal was the heater core in my Dodge decided to plug up some. We about froze to death until the sun came out during the day but then froze again on the way home the same evening. I don't think I warmed back up for 2 days after getting back home! I was ready to set my truck on fire by the time we pulled into the driveway.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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02/08/13 05:07 PM
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General update, no pictures to show at this time. Gary had been struggling for the past few days trying to finalize door alignment on both sides. He was having a heck of a time getting the doors to fit the door opening properly.
I stopped out to see how he was doing. After looking at the car for a while, and double checking all his before/after measurements, I suggested he take it down off the jack stands and let it sit on all 4 wheels for a couple days. I've always been amazed how much a unibody car moves around when lifting on an asymetric hoist and wondered if the body was reacting to support being provided at the subframe arms front and back. Even this one being a 4 door and very solid, you could see changes in the door gaps on the hoist vs the floor.
Checked it today and things are looking better. He's on to try and make the final adjustments. Lesson learned I guess.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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It's pretty neat that the door opening flange is identical on both the 4 dr and the 2 dr, so aligning the inner quarter opening is simplified somewhat.
It's really not, it's similar but if you check, it's a different part number. Close enough to weld to but not identical.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Body guy had been side tracked for the past several weeks redoing a Corvette for a very anxious customer. Since it's still snowing here, the delay didn't concern me at all.
I was glad to see him get that out of his system as he's thrilled to be back working on steel again.
First coat of primer is on the driver's side.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Passenger door was pretty decent as far as rust goes, but had its' share of dents and creases.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Passenger side is shaping up well. He's trial fitted the rear quarter glass and mechanisms and everything fits back together again.
Gary has discovered evidence of the car having been hit in the front at some point. There is some slight cowl damage behind the front fender and he had to space the lower door hinge out a bit to get the door alingment where he wanted it.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Work continues. Passenger's side coming together.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Driver's side getting close.
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Re: 64 Dodge 330 4 door conversion
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Inside looks pretty well finished up, other than the custom window crank handle.
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