This post will focus around how I rebuilt the door jambs. Previously someone had attempted to put suicide door hinges on and also during the process of the first chop on the roof the jamb portion was very inconsistent in depth and size which wouldn't have allowed for proper fitting of the weatherstrip. We wanted to do the doors suicide style so I redesigned the front cab jamb and fender mount to be very clean since that would be a visual point when the doors were open.
Here I've supported the dash, firewall and windshield post and removed the complete cab jamb in preparation to fabricate a new design.
In the rear I've also cut out the jamb portion and have already begun installing a some structure that tied into the back of the cab and across to the other jamb. This gave proper structure to eventually mount the new suicide door hinges to / into.
This is an example of the the previous jamb was. Very poor craftsmanship which certainly wouldn't have allowed a good fit of the door or weatherstrip
Here the new door jamb is pretty complete at this point. The original design had the running board outside and below the door. I wanted a cleaner look, so I extended the cab jamb (and door eventually) and incorporated a hidden "step" when the door was open instead.
The front half portion of the jamb was eventually attached to the rear fender edge and had hidden fasteners to separate it from the cab portion.
A picture looking at the rear of the jamb, nothing too special. You can also see that I also re-made the complete upper portion of the cab / roof jamb.
This is a close up showing how I notched the outer fender jamb to the cab jamb (in this pic the notch was actually done in marker, until I was ready to separate them for good and fabricated the flanges)