1966 Triumph GT6 - Part 22 - Door Bottom Patches
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Finishing the door base and prepping the patches for the skin. I couldn't make the skin in one piece due to the round shapes, so I had to divide it in 3 separate sections.
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Elin, watching you create those patch panels is like what it must have been like watching Michelangelo at work. I love your approach because it saves a fortune on full blown patch panels like I have done. I hope to someday have you level of skill and patience. Cheers!
Those two door skin corners were works of art.
Wow, Elin you are getting more talented by the Episode!!! That was freakin' awesome how you made those Door Patches. Limited tools, pure skill!!! Everyone support Elin!
Elin, creating those two bottom corner pieces was nothing short of miraculous. (Not just run of the mill miraculous, actually utterly mega-miraculous!) 😊I salute you my friend !👏
Very good video and you are correct about the length of videos. This was a very interesting approach for the door skin, although I would need to take a different way as I don't have a stretching machine. Thanks again for showing the metal sculping. The back corner of the door was quite amazing how it came together.
Bravo 👏👏👏 you make it look so easy Elin. Just buying a skin would be “cheating” us of your abilities! Thank you my friend.
Great work Elin..learned a lot
An artist at work! Wonderful attention to details!
Wow. Good work on that corner patch. So much work!
Looking great!
Elin, keep it going, I love what you do.
You never fail to impress Elin.. Another feat of the impossible to notch up .. I'd have just fitted a new skin, which was tricky enough for me and would have been accompanied by much blasphemy , ale and a session with my 'anger management' therapist 😂 .. As the actress said to the bishop ; " It's never about the length, only about the quality".
Superb work...
Nice work 👍🏼
Nice work my friend.
Interesting approach. You are very creative. Truly appreciate your motivation.
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God bless.
They came out beautifully. I know you beat yourself up a little because sometimes your welding is not show quality, but there was nothing wrong with those end pieces at all. Well done!
Thirty minute videos are great, because that’s how long most TV shows are. That way, if someone - a wife, for instance- wants to watch some drivel, we can escape to a nice half hour with you!
Good job. Félicitations
Hi Elin
Just like to back you in your decision of film length.
17min to 25min is perfect!
BR Kent
To me you are a true sheet metal genious!
Looking good, nice metal work !
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Thank you! Appreciated!
Hi Elin, what was the backing block made of that you used when extending the front edge with weld?
Mine was brass, but copper works too
Elin, what size welding wire are you using and is it flux core or solid with gas.
Thanks
Elin, you should checkout the upbuild youtube channel, this guy makes super neat door gaps, and is converting 1989 mini to a 1960 mk1 loads of nice welding in his videos
Thanks, I will check him out
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LOL, mine either, but I will try harder next time :)
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You were always going to struggle with alignment after cutting all of the sill structure out of the car with ought bracing the door apertures and carefully supporting the middle of the vehicle.
What kinda welder (model) do you use?
Lincoln 180
Enjoy watching your chanel but i can't work out why you don't buy a new door skin
Hi Karl, I think the fascination of this channel (for me at least) is marvelling at Elin’s sheer skill at creating almost any part from scratch and the learning it provides. I don’t think ordering a new ready-made heritage panel and just welding it on would hold my attention any thing like as well and ultimately would lack the feeling of fulfilment that this beautiful process offers me. Best regards buddy.
You still need to work the skin as nothing fits perfectly ....even factory repair pieces are not a perfect fit ( for obvious reasons )...plus having tools ( and skills ) to fabricate your own panels is cheaper....i can make all my panels for less than one patch panel costs....and i still have to work on that one panel anyways....
That is a question I reply to every once in a while. Many times "new panels" require more work than fixing old ones. Firs of all they do not always fit well even on "stock" cars, but what is more important is that this particular car (as well as the most of the surviving Triumphs) has been partially restored many, many times. Shapes and lines are far from factory. So a new panel will definitely need work in order to fit in the door jamb, a lot of work.... To a point that it makes it easier to make a new, custom door bottom. Also taking apart an entire door and putting it back together is a complicated process, with a high risk of twisting it badly.
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While your method is " interesting " ...i'm not sure i'd do it that way...as your skin needs to be flat and non warped...you over complicated a simple repair ( not trying to insult you )... you want your skin facing out as little worked as possible.... you can get your curves easily as you fold over the edges...you have to cut those to fit as you fold.... i would make a one piece bottom with edges braked for folding ( only worrying about the straight areas - as i have a finger brake )...and make the overlap to joint area...weld the overlap...and fold the straight edges... finally finishing the curved areas... it would stay straighter and have less issues to deal with later ( body putty )... but i understand your decision to do it this way...👍
Well, you must be really good then. I do not think I can make nice curves by cutting the flange and folding it piece by piece. Plus, I wanted to make the curves as the door was on the car so I can match the sill and B-post. I know I could follow the shape of the door base as I already matched it with the shapes of the door jamb, but as we all saw I still had to "shave" it a bit here and there to allow the skin to match. Even though there is still a risk of ruining the lines as I bend them later I think this method is safer and will give me better door gaps at the end.
Love your work Elin, but my eyes do not love the (for me) time lapse. Recently suffering from a stroke, it was too fast.
I am sorry to hear you had health troubles. I hope you are recovering well. The time-lapse is a way to show the entire process without showing the entire process. I don't want to make long and boring videos, but I 'don't want to skip details too....
Thanks Elin; it was just the first section on welding the door base. Thank you for responding and I'm still watching you at work,