What are you guys trying to do, wake the dead?
This project is on hold, and I'm not sure when it will be back in the shop. I have been working on project cars that I bought a decade or so ago. I bought them with the intention of just doing the metal work, then sell them to someone else as an easy project to finish. Those convertible top frames was one of the projects, and I thought there was a couple things there that someone else might be able to use, so that is why I posted it.
There is a couple things I did on the nomad before it was put on hold. I cleaned and epoxy primed the body panels off the car, sanded that after a few days, and applied 2 or 3 more coats, and this door was one of the last panels to get that process. This is after the second round and the picture is just after the spraying so it still has a high gloss.
Its all epoxy
This is the only place that has been sanded across the seam. The holes for the door handle and lock have a reinforcement plate on the back side so it looks thick. The first round of epoxy is white, and the second round is black.
The quarter panels have (glue on) sheet type insulation, so the trim hole looks thick. It was sanded with a 21" AFS sanding board.
Some epoxy was brushed on the low areas, then another round of epoxy was sprayed on the whole door and quarter.