[The Glademister]

A day off while a replacement upstairs HVAC unit was being installed. To get this car prepared for butchery I put in some supports. The passenger door gap was definitely not correct. Difficulty opening and closing the door. You can see that the right rear is sagging by the difference in the targa top also. So I got some flat stock and turn buckles to fabricate supports. I attached the top one at the shoulder belt attachment and through the hole behind the speaker. For that, I used a large flat washer with a nut welded to it to anchor in that interior hole. For the lower support, I used the lap belt anchor and a bracket in the foot well. Although certainly not as strong as the door jamb supports I've seen, I think these will be okay as I'm going to do the outer long first - then the inner. The good thing about this method is you can leave the door on and keep checking the gap. I'm not sure I'll be able to leave the door on while I weld in the outer long but I'm going to give it a shot. This method certainly wouldn't work with the car stripped and on a rotisserie. Then out comes the sawzaw...