Door Frame Stiffening

In preparation of getting this car finally onto the Rotisserie(!!) I needed to make some door frame stiffeners. These are just bars of hollow section steel bolted to the top door hinge point and the shoulder fixing point of the seat belt.

The idea is that when the body-shell is lifted up, these stiffeners prevent it from flexing and warping - especially if the main longitudinals (chassis members) are compromised by rust.

I painted the stiffeners in Red Zinc Primer to keep the rust off. (You can also see the flared wheel arches in the pic..can't wait to get these babies on soon!)

Here are detail pics at the fixing points..