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 Brookville Roadsters makes...  Brookville Roadsters makes a repro door latch mechanism, which Walden’s used in its entirety.  Whereas Ford relied on the...  Whereas Ford relied on the doorskin itself to bind the door for strength, Walden fabs this large X-shape crossbrace to not only provide a crush zone but added strength, too. It’s a design that Walden incorporates in all of the ’32-34 three-window coupe or ’33-34 two-door sedan doors he builds.  Walden’s Wesley Kent started...  Walden’s Wesley Kent started with Brookville three-window door window openings, but cut them apart to use them with the chopped profile of the coupe.  Trimmed to fit around the...  Trimmed to fit around the top door hinge, the door top is fit in place with the bottom section a little long, as it will be trimmed later when the doorskin is completed.  The doorskin will follow the...  The doorskin will follow the shape of the ’33-34 three-window doorskin buck Walden made years ago. The roughed-out blank is made from 19-gauge steel, and is overcut by 1-1/2 inches all the way around.  Walden starts to shape the...  Walden starts to shape the panel on his ’64 Yoder K90 powerhammer, adding a slight crown to the middle of the skin.  As he goes along, Walden test-fits...  As he goes along, Walden test-fits the panel to his buck, marking areas that need to be pulled up or sunk down with a pencil.  By the time he gets done,...  By the time he gets done, the panel lays flat to the buck.  Since the skin is oversized,...  Since the skin is oversized, the first thing Walden needs to do is trim the area around the bottom hinge so the panel can be test-fit on the car.
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