Long Overdue Progress! Making New Door Panels 12/8/24

Sounds like you might be looking for an Old Skol shaved door handle kit?
Something with a manual override tucked in a wheel well?

Cheers - Jim
 
phantomjock said:
Sounds like you might be looking for an Old Skol shaved door handle kit?
Something with a manual override tucked in a wheel well?

Cheers - Jim
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The solenoid is basically the used for shaved handles with a spring to open the door after unlatching. I will have a Corvette handle to open (with a switch added). Thats another challenge that I didn't see coming. I was going to add 69-up handles but they are not at all the same as 68 handles (and 68 handles are not how you open the door).

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I am still waiting for some elecrical connectors to wire the console center panel. So, nothing yet on that. Also working on the door latch actuator. Hope to have that in soon.

I ordered some sound deadening material for the doors to quiet them. Need to remove the regulator and glass to get them in.
 
I finally got my connectors, completed the wiring so that it can be completely removed as a unit. So, now if I drive the car I can find out what the temperature is, fuel level, oil pressure, voltage, etc. Just like a real car!

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The fan "on" indicators are on the right side. The two blue lights are hand brake on and door ajar. The two switches below are the wiper switch and a momentary wiper switch that will run the wiper for one cycle.
 
Starting to put the weather stripping in the interior before I replace the regulators in the doors. A lot of the weather strip was in bags when I bought the car. One of the bags contains 2 things identified as Right & Left ????? strip ?????. I looked trough the AIM and can really find it. This is for a 68 convertible.

All ideas greatly appreciated!

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Rain drip channels, I think. They go at the bottom corner of the windshield and divert water. Maybe. Maybe not.

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68-73 Door Pillar Rain Diverters

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Holy crap, I think I figured it out! They are rain channels that go on the inside of the door jamb that divert water onto the back of the hinge area. Seems like an awful idea but it was the 60's.

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Still working on the door. Removed the window regulator, somehow. Cleaning 56 years of dried grease, rust, dirt out of the channels. Installed Dynamat on the inside of the door shell

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I bailed on the door poppers. Just to risky. An accidental short would probably result in a fire. So I went back to the window motor actuator design. A friend designed a passive circuit (no standby power draw) that works great.
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Also working on converting the window seal assembly from 1968-early 69 to late 69. A much better setup.
 
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Gas Monkey is building an OBS truck and used (IIRC) C8 door latches to open the door. The benefit of those latches is they unlock and pop the door open.... didn't look too terrible to make it work in pretty much any car with a thick enough door.... just a thought.

the video - the latch stuff is at 4:30
 
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I like that. It looks like it might use an old style striker but I couldn't find a picture of the inside of the door. I committed to the setup I have. That's one of the problems I have with taking such a long time to finish projects. 5+ years ago, I couldn't find anything I could borrow from a production car.
 
BBShark said:
I like that. It looks like it might use an old style striker but I couldn't find a picture of the inside of the door. I committed to the setup I have. That's one of the problems I have with taking such a long time to finish projects. 5+ years ago, I couldn't find anything I could borrow from a production car.
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I build enough cars that that solution is going to be one for me... the C8 uses the loop style latch (if you don't or can't use the pin style)
 
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