Door Repair

Well, got through Thanksgiving after four kinds of pie and lots of gravy. I wonder what cherry pie wrapped in bacon and smothered in gravy would taste like. Hummmm!
Gotten down right cold outside, but I did finish getting the three rusted hinge pins out of the doors. What a job that was. Lots of penetrating oil and a big hammer with a drift pin and some drilling.
Had to cut out a rusty spot on the front bottom of the drivers door. The pictures show the sequence. I first made a patch out of 18 gauge and marked the spot to cut out. Used a die grinder with a cutoff blade to open up the hole. Hand fit the new piece and spot welded it in. Then filled in between the spot welds. After that it was grinding time. then went over it all with body filler. Still have more filling and sanding to do before the first primer goes on.
Started working on the passenger door. Got all the paint off. I have the same spot in that door to repair, plus the inside corner is rotted out. Will fix both bad places that at the same time and do some body filler on that one as well.
Only have two more weeks to get some stuff done before we head to Panama. We will be in Bocas Del Toro, house setting a place in the rain forest for three months. It is all off the grid, but does have Internet access. If your interested, Nancy has set up a blog that you can follow our time there. It is:
www.nharless.blogspot.com.
Lots of Howler monkeys, birds and jungle. The house sets above Dolphin bay on the Atlantic side, close to the Costa Rica border. There are two dogs (Gelli amd Indy) who will take care of us. Hope to get some fishing in and spending time trying to figure out how to get this truck done faster. I guess it would help if I stayed home.
NAW, I'm going to Boogie til I puke!