Larry... skinning a door or tail gate as in your case. is not that hard of a task,, there are a few areas upon re-assembly that require patience. re folding over the edge will make or brake the panel... "martinsr" on team chevelle, body archives has a" door skin basic" he a master in explaining in written word , the procedure. in minute steps. check it out...
just follow his basic steps and take your time folding the edge in baby steps and fitting the gate to the opening,, and you'll be fine.... Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:16 AM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Re-skinning a Tailgate > Thanks. If I mess it up I won't be much worse off. The tail gate I have is > full of dent puller holes and a couple of gallons of bondo. But the frame > and hardware all seem to be fine. This gal is destined to be a daily driver, > not a show car. She's my first car that I've restored, so I'm learning lots. > > Larry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of tom > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:45 PM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Re-skinning a Tailgate > > > I haven't done it either, but I bought a video called "Patchwork and Metal > Finish" from the Eastwood catalog which went through the door in great > detail. > > Tom Tomlinson > '71 Malibu > '66 El Camino > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 10:31 PM > Subject: [Chevelle-list] Re-skinning a Tailgate > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking for a technical article on re-skinning an El Camino tailgate. > > I've never done anything so bold, but its probably similar to putting a > new > > skin on a door (which I've not done either). Anyone have some digital > > pictures in their scrapbook they want to share? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Larry > > 72 El Camino > > > > > > >
