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Haven't checked yet. My old ones complete w/glass are 106 Lbs. ea. I'm guessin' the new doors w/o hardware are around 25 lbs. ea.

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Heres some pics of during and after

Thanks cfisher, that is very helpful. I had already decided to use door lock pins just for the common sense of it all. Looks like a chore but not so much that it can't be done.

I remember one of the things I did was leave the front hinges in place to help line up the door while fitting the new ones in. Those doors are heavy and when working alone you have to come up with any trick that works. I put them on my 32 also only I made those hinges.

Good advice, they are heavy buggers by yourself. Going shopping for kits tonight to see what kind of expenses will be ahead.

Getting the wires all lined out and redone,fuel pump ,mounted ,fan mounted ,remote wires for the switching solenoids run ,for fan and fuel pump and headlights.Exaust fabricated from a ford truck y pipe with cat ,to its new home on the chevy!!Ford parts always help a chevy Clutch linkage hooked up and adjusted ,brakes bled and ready for temp use.clutch/ z-bar hooked up and adjusted.3 on the tree ready to go .Hoses double hose clamped and ready.Water pipe sized wire ,ready to carry the load.....WoW I been busy and did not know it No order to the pics ,just pics of the items I have hooked up.Plese disregard the dust,its a driveway project,but under all that dust it is nice shiney and new!!

More pics.Its almost starting to look like a truck ,instead of a bunch of incomplete pieces under the hood.Once I get all the wires lined out,they will be put into wire sheaths.

Last pic,now take it easy on me ,this is my first complete restore /hot rod project ever. Go look at my gallery for more pics,from what I understand now ,I am bringin this thing back from the dead.It was pretty rusted out.Heres what it looked like before too.

Lots of work there. I have a sugestion though. Put a drop of crazy glue or somthing like that on the allen heads on your covers. I used those on my vett and they kept getting lost. Edelbrock is more than happy to sell you more.

Thnx,I have already knocked a few off ,cheap plastic garbage,I was actually under the impression when I bought these that they were really 2 piece I see shiney car parts and get tunnel vision and start putting money down before I check em out too good.That carb cover/dust cover is going to go by by too,I am going to route a cold air pipe from somewhere out of sumtin shiney I am really disapionted in the quality of some of these brand name exspensive shiney parts.The 160 buck crome 100 amp alt being one of em,looks 10 years old and I have never used it yet,will not buy one of those again either I should have spent the extra on the black 6000 rpm + racing one,instead of shiney one with the hidden instructions inside the box under a flap that said do not spin to 6000 rpm Word of caution ,leave the "Spectre" brand junk on the shelf of the local parts house too. I wanted a learning exsperiance

Yea I have the same tunnel vision I've had it for over 50 years. I got extra little plastic allens if you need them Wish I still had the vett. Had to get rid of it as I looked like an idiot trying to get out of it. Even got a tilt wheel still couldn't exit with grace.

So far the King chrome stuff that I am using is holding up very well.

An update, a few months late (see post #1130 in this thread). We got the suicide doors (jesus that was alot of work!) and trunk mounted and are only about 50% done with the interior. Frame, axles, engine, and most accessories are mounted and painted. Still got a few days worth of bodywork to do (dont wanna do the bodywork while the body is on the frame).

Hoping to have her on the road sometime in Janurary or February.

Looking real good!!! You got a bunch of work done in a short time.... Keep us updated on the progress.

Nicely done Shawnlee, looking like a street rod. It;s really fun to watch the change take place. It really inspires you to do more work on them, Very cool!!

Way cool looking car pieceofpaper, I love the suicide doors. I had to give up the idea on my car. The car is really looking good.

My pile of parts is growing, and she goes into the paint shop finally in 2 weeks so my car is finally going to be painted. I am really stoked about that, I have a new console in progress and have everything as far as body rubber seals. I may be getting toward the end of my build, time to start looking for another project.