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Michael, do you have a solution for the part inside the body where the check strap goes?

Here is how I repaired a broken door limiter bracket on Project Unicorn:

Here is what I started with-- the door limiter bracket had ripped out of the door, allowing it to over extend-- in addition to that, the retainer clip in the A-pillar was broken, and for bonus fun, the entire A-pillar was filled with dog food that some sort of rodent had squirreled away:



Once all the dog food was vacuumed out of the A-pillar, I could start to access the damage. The door was removed for paint, and we rebuilt and welded on the retainer bracket-- a very straight forward repair. How I was going to get the clip into the A-pillar took a little time to figure out...

First, I went to this image-- this is a shot of an A-pillar that I replaced on my wife's 1500 project-- I wanted to see how Datsun installed the clip on inside of the panel-- once we saw that, I just needed a parts car:



Fortunately, Eric Straw had a roadster parts car and I was able to cut open an A-pillar to get the retainer clip out and to figure out how I was going to re-attach it:




These are riveted in from the factory, and with the door now back in place, that would not be possible to reinstall in that fashion. After looking at it for awhile, I drilled out the rivets so I could use normal fasteners:



In the end, the screws would not work (with the door reinstalled), so I ended up using Allen head screws with the Nylocks, and that worked out beautifully:

2. I love the way your brake lines look, the big advantage being aesthetic. How about that project, is that a big effort/expense?

spriso wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:38 pm Peter wrote:

2. I love the way your brake lines look, the big advantage being aesthetic. How about that project, is that a big effort/expense?

Lots of work, but I hate the mess that the stock lines are.

Here is a tutorial that I wrote some time ago that might help:

New Brake Lines-- Spriso Motorsports Style

Love the video of the sting ray!

Michael

spriso wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:57 am Had a little extra time last night, so I got the driver's door window regulator in, glass installed, and the door handles and panel installed-- really liking the way that this is coming together:




Michael