Quote Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe View Post
Very nice work! I'll be doing this to my car this winter. I'd really like to do hidden hinges as well but i've heard it's one of the hardest mods to complete correctly without ruining your car. I don't know If I'll do them yet or not.
Yea Ryan,
Ya know, I talked to a lot of people and posted on several forums about hidden hinges. I had not, previously, attempted hidden hinges although I had thought about it often. I, too, heard horror stories and warnings of dire consequences for failing to make the right cuts etc, etc. Truth is, unless you cut out one of your pillars and through it in the scrap heap, there is nothing you can do that can't be undone by the right person.

That is the mindset I finally arrived at after talking to people that I was certain had performed the mod. I first searched for videos of the mod on YouTube and found a couple by Hagan Street Rods that were very good. So---after watching Hagans videos, and a couple others I found, and talking to a guy online that had done it several times I decided to forge on.

Believe me, making that first cut took me about 3 hrs One of the Hagan videos I watched suggested that you should allow 20 hrs for the job. I've got one hinge done and I've got about 20 hrs in that one alone

I bought my kit from Rocky Hinge Rocky Hinge Welcomes The Street but many places sell the kit. Rocky Hinge and Hagan Street Rods are the 2 that I use the most. They guys at Rocky are VERY helpful and will talk you through anything you need. I'm sure the guys at Hagan are just as good. I'll post up a few pics of the door hinge now.

*******I put the hinge up on the pillar to mark the location.

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*************Got the hinge in and braced on the back side.

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*************Finish welding and cleaning up.

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You can do this Ryan!!