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Originally posted by S49 View Postbarn doors. Gotta have barn doors. We have to vans and 4 pairs of barn doors. Would love them on the side instead of a sliding door.
I want to use it as a shelter for cooking mainly and in all fairness I prefer the look of them.
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Operation Daily Driver / Adventure Wagon
Today, the sill got welded.
This hole got plugged and the lip got built up a bit (no after pictures)
Then the hole in the side of the sill kept getting larger, so a section got cut out
And replaced with a piece of T4 roof, luckily it’s what was left over from when the father in law put his high top on.
It’s currently in primer awaiting more bodywork to be completed.
We also switched out the barn doors for a tailgate!Last edited by Iamgrh; 10 May 2019, 06:55 PM.
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After the welding, the barn door swap commenced.
It was a happy coincidence, I mentioned to the father in law that I would prefer a tailgate, then the next day he rang me up and said he’s got me a straight swap, barn doors for tailgate.
So we set about the switch
Straight forward enough getting them off
Then came the drilling for the new hinges and strut brackets, the hole for the electrics was the worst, I was hanging off the back of the van with a small file, gradually making the hole the right shape and size. It all came together in the end.
The door had a bit of a nasty scrape down the middle, so out came the first lot of filler, the arches and sill got a good filling and some other body work got started.
We ran out of time so we couldn’t get much more done, a quick dust with primer to protect it for the time being.
I need to get a pair of gas struts now, as they guy I had the door off only had 1 which isn’t very strong.
I need new door seals all round too, so my list gets bigger.
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