[Vic1947]

The hinge and latch assemblies for the rear driver side suicide door are finally welded in and functional. So both sides are well on their way to being complete. I'll need to patch in some more sheet metal to smooth out the jambs and finish grinding a bunch of welds, but having working doors on both sides is a relief. Due to space constraints when I installed the hinges, the doors arc slightly upward when fully open, but you can't really see it. I measured the top corners of the doors and they rise about one inch when going from fully closed to fully open.

I also machined the pulley assemblies for the inside door handles. To retain the normal action of pulling upward on the handle to open the door, I had to do a 180 with the actuator. It's installed temporarily for now but it works great.

I gotta tell you, though, I'm pretty tired of welding and grinding. I'm sort of looking forward to body work. (Nah, just kidding - I hate body work!)