Skinning And Gapping The New Doors & Guards | Holden EH Ute 

Amazing. I’m a cranky ole retired mechanic and there’s no way I’m ever gonna do this any more but nice work is always a pleasure to watch. You deserve more subs. Word is gonna get around.

How the hell do you only have 8000 followers? Your content is fantastic. I learn so much.

Another quality episode, Pete. Explaining what you’re doing, demonstrating how to do it and displaying the end result. Quality outcome, tah mate 👍

Thanks Pete, you have the patience of 10 very patient men. Cheers

You have to be special devoted people to do this type of work. To me it is a work of Art when you need people like this fellow to bring a vehicle back to life, really they are Doctors of the Motor Vehicle industry. I am glad to have known theses Doctors as they have brought back to life several utes .for me. Great to see another ute coming back to life, great work !

Absolutely brilliant, from a old school panel beater fabricator Nicely done ✔️ 👏 👍 ❤🇦🇺🍻🦘🌧🏔

I've never seen someone pull skin like that before. Wow. Incredible work man, cheers!

Love your work Pete brings back memories doing door skins a few years ago walking around the shop with Arnold Schwarzenegger right arm 😂 😂😂

A short 4 months of 60 and upper body strength surprises a lot of people. Couldn't have anything to do with 43yrs lifting, hammering etc, car parts motors diffs and on it goes. Funny part is even my dissabled side spins people out.😅 Love the work buddy. Hope your passion lasts for your life time. Thanks for the posting of video. Keeps me motivated in this cold weath, stops me focussing on aches and pains.👍👍🙂

Excellent work Pete.. there is alot goes into a car resto.. time and money.. you are the best panel beater by far

a good tip to prevent rust between the door skin and shell is use seam sealer inside the door leaving a opening for the drains i've been doing this for years and it works well better than relying on the paint to stop water getting between them gaps should be about 4-5 mills

that's the best i've ever seen gapping the door skins (folding the edges better). most i've seen cut/trim and end up welding them to the frame edge or they just seem to fit perfectly

Great work, you make it look easy. The only thing is never use silicone for drip check, most silicones cause rust because they are acidic and they will also give you hell painting with fish eyes. There is a proper automotive caulk for the seal.

A+ again Pete re. content and presentation, this is what DIY-ers like me want to see and hear. Great tips re. dropping the car back onto stands and taping the door shell and skins for final tweaks. Priceless info. Thanks also for the heads up with the panels, as I'm about to do some shopping. Cheers

G'day, An awesome video. I'm doing a 67 split window kombi panel at the moment. So seeing you tackle your door skins and gaps makes mine seem a bit less daunting. So thanks for sharing ✌️ Peace from Melbourne/Pakenham.

Great info on how to do gaping. Appreciated.

Thanks peter, great work as usual.... Got to go find the HR window vid now !

Love your work Pete , thanks for sharing and the tuition. A big thumbs up from me.

Great work again. Gapping would drive me insane but you made it look easy. I have been watching your episodes for about three months now and have just realized I was not subscribed. Now subscribed and look forward to the next episode. 👍

I watch in total awe. You are a very unique craftsman for sure brother. Don't stop making content 💪🏾

Thanks for another great video. Looking forward to more on the FJ ute.

Nice Job, i see they have pneumatic tools to roll them over now, i have never used one myself, but a friend modified one of those straight needle scalers to do it years back, used a car engine valve for the hammer face..it worked reasonably well.

Thanks for taking the time to make us a video

Coming together now mate, looking awesome

My brother has an EH that has never been apart or in an accident. The gaps are ok however not great. It was the 60's man. If you remember the 60's you weren't there.

Yep amazing work such attention to details!

Awesome vid , especially showing everyone how to trim and set up the frame before setting up the skin, I do have a couple of questions, I don’t know how many hundreds of skins I’ve done over the years but there was a couple of things I noticed, you started rolling the edge at the front top and started to work your way round, the last time I did that was when I was an apprentice because I found that by the time you get to the back bottom corner it’s grown about three mil, just my observation but I would always roll over the two tops first and then the bottom corners and then move around the skin filling it in, it will stay where it’s put, also you talked about sealing the door straight after rolling it over, did you welded the skin to the frame cos that’s going to flop around like an old nuns nasty, sorry you just didn’t show it,,,

Another great ep. For me, I think it loses a lot of it's identity losing the quarter windows. I didn't like it when they stopped using them and went to single pane, especially if it was raining and you could open them a crack for ventilation and to exchange the air to help defog the screen due to the fan resistors burning out ;-)

Yay best show ever

I'm really enjoying and love watching your build of the EH ute! Where do you buy the full door skins for the EH and the other new panels. Thanks Steve

I always wanted an old aussie ute but im to big to fit comfortably in the cab at 6ft6

Nice work again mate. Squeaky old doors just let's you know how old she is.

Great tips ,

hi Mate, keep up the good work. enjoying the videos. just a question on the camera you use. what brand would are you using ??. thanks.

Hi Pete - another great video. Are repo guards avail for HR as well?

Like the Video Pete, great work as usual. Just a quick question. Why the temporary brace with turnbuckle in the window opening? Was it just to hold the door shape while skinning the door?

Great work as usual mate, tell me, how do you schedule your work day? Multiple jobs in a day or scatter a few in a day?

Tedious stuff mate but your "up to the task". 👍👍

Good video

Hi can you please tell me where you got the door skins? I'm about to do the same on my sedan but there's a few different skin suppliers around with greatly varying prices. It's good to see yours have the right curves and at a great price. Very helpful video for my upcoming work, thanks!

Great work mate. I don’t know if there’s ever a way to get rid of the old hinge creek. Is it the way the steel strip rubs on the top of the hinge itself??

You will have endless work if I win tatts 😂

The aftermarket guards are terrible never right shape, not sure I would be using aftermarket guard as a guide.