Doors Installed; Sill Panels

The doors are on, as are the sill panels on one side. I thought it would be pretty straight forward, just bolting things together, but noooo, it's taken a few hours of adjustment and then readjustment. There's a reason so many bolt holes on a Land Rover are oblong and not round.

Here, a view to shock the purists, perhaps! The Land Rover with her wrinkled rear panel, a souvenir from work-related activities some time in the 1960's, but also showing the doors installed plus one of the ABS plastic front outer panels, from Paddock's, that was installed to ensure everything lined up as it should. Original aluminum panels just weren't available, unfortunately. The rear vertical cappings are being held in place with clico's for the time being, but the riveting should be done soon.

The passenger-side door, showing a couple of its own small dents. Getting everything including the sill panels to fit evenly was a real challenge and took a lot of time.

Just a view of the weatherstipping, and the 3M weatherstripping glue used for attachment. The weatherstripping will also be riveted, later on.

The lower weatherstripping. I had installed the official Land Rover weatherstipping here, but it was far too robust and the door simply wouldn't close properly, even with the sill rail moved all the way in. And so, off it came, and this substituted. This segment is riveted on. The door now fits just perfectly.

A view of the passenger side door. The metal handle is a replacement from Blanchard's, as the original had been lost, otherwise everything is original. The plastic on the door handles had come off, and so they were re-dipped with three coats of Plasti-Dip. The forward door seal will be attached once the windscreen is on, so that the seal can be sure to meet up with the one on the windscreen frame.

The driver's side door. Everything here is original to this Land Rover, including the pull handle, with the exception of the outer door handle, which also needed new coats of Plasti-Dip.