Cheers chaps, I'm ok, I have got another eye to use in the mean time.

Oh, and I was wearing glasses at the time.
I now have a pair that use suction to stick to my face, which look cooooool.


I have took a few pics, but camera's at work, so I'll get some up on Monday.

 

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*cough cough* erm its Tuesday

 

what he said

 

Errrr Wednesday

We NEED more................

 

Very interesting project

The main thing that puts me off buying a newage is because they have 4 doors

Maybe a silly question but is there a reason Subaru decided not to make a newage type R ?

 

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Probably a cut in the budget which didn't allow for 2 different models. Also that they were aiming at more of the car market in general rather than the rally fans. I suspect this is more of the case as they went all soft and lardy with the newage so they could sell a great number of cars.

 

Ok, OK, sorry chaps.

Pics are uploading as we speak, and I will get an update sorted soon.

Don't be expecting any fantastic shots though of a 2 door car yet...

 

Right, seeing as though I'm not 100% sure what car I am doing this too, I thought I'd concentrate on getting the 2 doors something like first, as I feel that is where most of the headaches are based..

Having thought about which way to do this, and having had a look at a few limosine doors, I figured that I would first make the frame, and then sort the outer skin out afterwards.

The thought being that I can get the structural frame done inside and out, with minimal joints.

First job, get 2 complete doors, and remove the outer skins off both.




Then inside we have 2 door bars, which I first drilled out the spot welds holding them, and then re-fixed using a single 8mm bolt at either end.
As the bars are not horizontal, this will allow them to pivot slightly as I will be using them as a guide for the lengthening of the doors.




OEM doors have a natural join line near the leading edge of the frame, so I decided that was a good point to split the doors.

Next was to use the 4 internal bars, and cut and re-weld them so that they were 13cms longer, with just one join.

I also put a slug inside to ensure additional support..












More pics to come........

 

Next step, a bit of headscratching before I start cutting in order to try and minimise the number of welds.

So, that done, cutting and lining up....


This is the inner top part of the frame.

Basically I have used 2 frames, and cut them longer in order to acheive one join.
I hope the pics explain a bit better.





In the next 2 shots, where the 2 sets of grips are located you will see 2 oval holes.

These are in fact the same hole but different frames, and it is these that I use to measure and make sure the distance is equal..









And the outer top frame.

I had to make a filler peice here out of a spare bit of door.





And the lower edge..






On the above shots you can see were the doors frames have been separated.

Next a bit of inner door frame needed fabricating where the window mechanism bolts up, again another bit of another door..




And a shot showing the 13cms difference between old point and new.





One door frame nearly done, just need to make a filler peice, and start on the other door.

 

Awesome work as always Neil.

 

Quality Neil , nice work buddy

 

nice one!!

did see an episode of 'custom my ride' (west coast customs in the US) where they turned a range rover into a 3 door, they cut together the front and rears to make one larger door and moved the pillars to suit, doubt you'd get much help from watching it though!!

they did mean to buy a sport initally i think........

 

I seen that myself.

They did cut 2 doors up and weld them together, but I felt it was a bit of a bodge job TBH ( as is plenty of their stuff). There would be areas inside the doors that simply can't have been done properly that way, IMHO...

 

Most of those shows are a bodge as they're on a limited time scale

You've no time for TV my friend - back to your workshop


Good stuff so far BTW

 

Top quality work as expected
Are you going to re-profile the rear end of the door? On the 4 door the curve curves to the front but on the two door it curves to the rear if that makes sense?

 

They were meant to start with an HSE the model up from a sport but the guy buying the car bought the Sport by mistake lol

On topic I envy your abilities to be able to manafacturer things like longer doors. Us meer mortals just have to go out and buy type-r's
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Can't wait to see how this build turns out, having your white monster in mind this must be stunning.

Keep up the good work.

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As empty says i cant wait to see how this turns out

 

Excellent work as always

 

Here we go again

will it live up to its predecessor

i certainly hope so, good luck neil i think youre going to need it

 

what you gonna do for the glass if you dont mind me asking ?

 

Cheers chaps.

I have no new pics, but one door frame is complete, and I'll get the other frame done next week.

Next job will be the door skins, and then the glass.

The glass will be made from scratch from a template.


I'm still unsure which car to do this too yet, as I have a few little ideas/upgrades for the white one over winter.


Anyway, having searched the interweb to see if any one has made a true 2 door with no success, I found these, all of which are photoshops.

 

liking the first blue one

 

 

Great project!

Milllion % agree with Beef and scoobdood. Absolutely gorgeous looking car!

 

When you see pictures like that, they should have made a newage 2 door!
Thankfully its going to happen, best of luck with the build

 

Is it going to be a widebody or is it going to be standard (if that word can be used for this project )