Re: Hornet Sportabout questions

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Sounds like a great project! Reasonably straight forward anyway. I've seen this doen with other makes, first time on a Hornet. As you noticed, the pillars are welded to the side sills, which are virtually straight. If you're not going to use the Hornet B pillars, cut them out without trying to save them. That will prevent weakening the sill where it was removed. The only hard part will be the rear door filler and window. Cutting the rear door down and welding in won't be to bad -- I'd weld some pieces of 1" square tubing between the pillars for bracing then split the door and weld in what was needed of the interior framing and skin, then make a fixed window. Cutting 5" out and making it a roll down window will be tough. 

There's an alternate way to do this -- measure and cut the Gremlin just in front of the rear axle kick-up then cut the Hornet across the rear floor and weld the two together. But I like your method better, to tell the truth. It should result in a stronger body even if it's a little more work due to less disturbance of critical structural components. Plus you have to be a really good welder to weld two car halves together. 

\On March 15, 2006 russ hathaway wrote:

> My big project for this car is to put Gremlin doors
> and B pillar on it, then fill in the cavity, making it
> esentially a 2-dr wagon. I measured th doors and I
> will gain about 5 inches and it looks like the door
> openings stay the same just past this point. The 4-dr
> B pillar looks to come unwelded and the Gremmie will
> fit in there OK. Seems a pretty straight foreward
> project, right?
> anyone tried this and how did it work out. I have seen
> 4-dr wagons with the back door welded and filled in,
> but I want the big door to make entry easier


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