FordFanatic
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I'm replacing the door bottoms on a 47 Ford PU. The outer panels I bought are made with a lap joint to the existing door panel, where the new sheet metal goes in behind the existing by about 1/2 inch. My question is , if I drill say 3/16 inch diameter holes an inch apart in the existing door sheet metal then spot weld through these holes to the lap joint metal is this good enough , or should I spot weld the entire length of the seam? I'm not looking for show quality , but I also don't want the body filler to crack between spot welds . Thanks , John