Moved onto the door skins. As the original skin was off, it was relatively simple to check the shape against the frame as I was wheeling it up. Once I was happy that I had enough shape, I swaged a guideline onto the skin then made some formers for the nibbler and then had to free hand the skin through the nibbler to get the beltline swage. A bit of work with a bolster straightened the line up.
I decided to put the join above the beltline to hopefully avoid to much distortion. I discovered that the original stamped skins were .07mm thick compared to the 1.2mm I was replacing it with. The strength must be in the shape to be so thin.
Completed skin filed up. As I was adapting the XJ6 Jaguar exterior door handles, a small stamped profile was put into the skin to create a flat surface for the handle
Had to modify the handles interior mechanism as it was too wide for door frame. Top handle is the original.
