SRT-8 Daytona Clone

After cleaning some of the rust off of the door shell I mounted it to the car on and put some temporary cross bracing to mimic the skin so I could work on the interior modifications.
I cut out the end section where the old door latch was mounted and  fabricated a new piece out of .060 steel  to work with the 06 latch. The only thing I wasn't to happy about is there will be a small break in the door seal rubber because of the way this one engages.

After the door side was taken care of I mounted the latch so that I could do an alignment with the door jamb.

I cut out the old jamb as the latch area was too deep to work with the new catch.

I made a filler plate out of .060 steel and modified the floating backer plate that was in the 68 door jamb so as to have a way to adjust the door catch.

I then mounted the catch and adjusted it so that it would line up in and out as well as up and down.

After the catch mechanism was operating correctly I  cut out the section of the inner door panel from the 06 to help locate the inner door handle.

I welded a piece of 1/8" x 2" steel strap on the back side , drilled and tapped it to secure the handle.

I took the 06 actuator rods for both the lock button and the inner door handle and modified (mostly straightened) them to work in the 68 door.

The thing is I committed to the location of the latch before I checked the rear glass track and it just missed by a whisker. Sometimes it is better to be lucky than smart.