70 chevelle

[1badchevelle]

When do I get to order my set? Nice work. Keep the pics coming.

[CruizinKev]

wow awesome!!!

[70 Chevelle]

I pulled it from the mold today. I'm really happy I remade the mold. At the last minute I made the decision to add some Nomex honeycomb and I'm really happy I did.The panel is extremely rigid.

Release film


After the bagging materials were removed Icooked for a day and a half with some flood lamps

Out of the mold




Trimmed up

[Mr. Anderson]

Wow, excellent work on the door panels! Now make some for a '66

[jocko124]

I would like to place a second order for a 66 Cutlass. HAH. Great job.

[pmgm]

Great work on your door panels...

[70 Chevelle]

Slow but steady progress. I did not like the look of the door pull just sitting in a surface hole so I made a pocket for it.



1/2 inch aluminum speaker baffles for 8 inch midbass taking shape







Made trims for the inner door handle to match the speaker baffle



Door pull boxes. I wanted to keep door modifications to a minimum because the original doors are rust free. I also wanted the door pulls to mount directly to the door so there was no stress on the panel itself when using the door pull.I also had to come up with a way to connect the new inner door handles to the latch. I accomplished this only having to cut a one inch square out of the door with this box.


I then started with a one inch piece of bar stock that I threw in the lathe and took 1/2 inch out of the center and machined the ends to accept a 9/16 od roller bearing. The ends of the stock were machined to accept a nylon washer so the arms would not rattle against the body.




I then burned in some arms to connect the original door rods to . I left them a little long to make adjustments later if need be. Also drilled for zerk fittings.


Burned them in and made some inner door handle mounts

[Motown 454]

Wow very nice work .

[CruizinKev]

Wow very nice work .

x2 awesome work!

[70 Chevelle]

Some progress. I had to change things around a little because the speakers I was going to use are being discontinued. I could not sit around and hop that something would fit by the time the car was finished so I just added as much depth as the door would allow. The downside being having to cut the door a little. I made molds for internal bracing and speaker depth. After popping the parts out of the molds I got the bracing bonded in. I then machined the base for the base for the lock knob trim. Hopefully by this time next week I will have mounted the base and finally bonded the panel together.

[70 Chevelle]

Finally. one panel done.

[protouring70]

Wow, that seems like a lot of work!!!. But the end result is nice!! Good job!

[70 Chevelle]

Drivers side

[YoungbloodK]

I love what ur doing with the door panels. I have a 70 chevelle too. U might aswell make alot of them because thats the move right there. U've got me as a customer.

[INTMD8]

Awesome job, very impressive! Where did you learn how to build molds and do the glass work?

[70 Chevelle]

Thank you guys. I've done my own body work for years and that involved some lite glass work from time to time.This is by far the biggest glass project I've taken on. I am by no means a pro. Actually I'm a grease monkey by trade.

[70 Chevelle]

Out of the mold.

[1badchevelle]

looking great ..... Are you going to be doing a dash?

[70 Chevelle]

looking great ..... Are you going to be doing a dash?

I have already made an insert for the original style dash . There are pictures on the first or second page. I put off finishing the insert until I finish the rest of the interior.

[70 Chevelle]

Slowly but surely.