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I bought a door wood kit for my 32 Chevy. My question is how do I remove the old wood? It looks like I must remove the outer door skin in order to get access to some of the connections. Any help is appreciated.
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Welcome to the VCCA
I am pretty sure you will have to remove the metal/ skin from the door to do a complete replacement. there is a Wood/ Body Manual out there, i just picked one up a few months ago. believe the wood was framed up then the metal wrapped and secure to the wood frame. so to replace would be pretty much the opposite.
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I replaced all of the wood in all 4 doors of my 32 Special. I did not take the skin off, It wasn't as easy as if the skin was off but was not a major problem. I did bend some of the pieces to get the wood out but done carefully was not a problem and they bent right back in place.
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I replaced all of the wood in all 4 doors of my 32 Special. I did not take the skin off, It wasn't as easy as if the skin was off but was not a major problem. I did bend some of the pieces to get the wood out but done carefully was not a problem and they bent right back in place. Same here. I bent the lock pillar side back, slid the first piece into the other side, then the cross pieces then the lock pillar and bent the edge back.
Best Regards, Pat
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Backyard Mechanic
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I also replaced all my door wood without removing the skins. The biggest trick is to fix the fasteners so that it can all be assembled from the "inside" of the door. Since the frames were originally built from the outside, you must re-think the fasteners. I some instances, you will need to mount T nuts on the outside and drill holes thru so that machine screws can be used to fasten to them from the inside.
Also, I built a jig with the curvature in it to hold the door steel down as I installed the wood. This helped insure the correct curve. I copied the B pillar curve, then made a wood piece to duplicate it.
Happy Motoring! - Bill
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Backyard Mechanic
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I removed metal skin on the 31 tailgate. I used a die grinder and removed the nail heads. I wanted to preserve the original shape of the sheet metal and reuse it, or use it as a pattern to replace.
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Backyard Mechanic
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Good Day Everyone
I replaced the door wood in my 32 coupe a few years ago without removing the skin. The only problem I had was getting the rear vertical piece past the door dovetail rectangle. The door metal around the rectangle is formed inward about 1/8 of an inch. I tried to force the wood past this and broke the wood. I had to notch the wood to clear the door dovetail rectangle and all was fine.
Also the outboard wood just below the window is nailed into place. Be sure to use very short nails. 3/4 inch nails will punch a hole in the door skin.....
Bye for now
Mike
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