by scottm Mon Apr 21, 2014 12:16 pmmy buddy matchstick and I gullwinged my door last weekend. i'm pretty pumped on how it came out. 
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scottm- Number of posts : 46
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jimthefred- Number of posts : 326
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Looks great!!! Any more pictures? How did you guys do it? 
Bruce67Econoline- Number of posts : 809
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Nice job, love to see pics of the door closed. I have to many trees around here to do it to mine
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I would love to see how you did it too. Did you guys take pics along the way? Looks like it turned out Great!!!
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Army of Six- Number of posts : 241
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looks good scottm. how much did you have to trim off the top to get it to open that far?
here is my gullwing build pics...
http://www.ford-econoline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=226
here is my gullwing build pics...
http://www.ford-econoline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=226
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Thanks for posting those. It's cool to see how you it's put together. Looks nice and solid!
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scottm- Number of posts : 46
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i took pics when i remembered... here are a few that i have...
We started around 10am
removed the doors
welded the two doors together.. we had measurements and guides drawn to keep the body lines and contours even
welded the hinges to the top of the door and inside the body, then got the desired height set
got the struts in told hold everything in place. this took a couple tries before it was right. Matchstick explaining geometry (thats the math with shapes right?)
Matchstick and my buddy ben working their grinders around 12:30/1am
finished up around 1:30am
the next day we put in the pulley system and latches and hooked up a button just inside the passengers side door to get it all operational
We started around 10am
removed the doors
welded the two doors together.. we had measurements and guides drawn to keep the body lines and contours even
welded the hinges to the top of the door and inside the body, then got the desired height set
got the struts in told hold everything in place. this took a couple tries before it was right. Matchstick explaining geometry (thats the math with shapes right?)
Matchstick and my buddy ben working their grinders around 12:30/1am
finished up around 1:30am
the next day we put in the pulley system and latches and hooked up a button just inside the passengers side door to get it all operational
scottm- Number of posts : 46
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Vic, you took much nicer pics than I did. Any chance you'll make it out to EconoWest on Saturday at the rose bowl?
Army of Six- Number of posts : 241
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oh man... that sounds like fun but my daughter soccer team is in a tournament this whole weekend.
FCC- Number of posts : 295
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Thats pretty sweet if you do any traveling/camping. You could make a canvas skirt and zipper door.
66mnecotruck- Number of posts : 327
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Awesome.
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