9/7/2003 - Not for the faint at heart! Body work progress

Periodic project updates with pictures from the restoration of one of our feature cars.

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9/7/2003 - Not for the faint at heart! Body work progress

Post by Dave » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:11 pm

The last shot of the old quarter on the car.
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Well, I knew the passenger quarter panel was going to have to come off, but I STILL wasn't prepared to see my car without it. :wink:

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The rear trunk panel was simply easier to fix by cutting it out at the spot welds and replacing it with the good piece I had from the Bird Pile (thanks John and Bruce!)
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Not sure how much of this rocker we are going to replace. It was damaged some in the accident too.

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Trunk extension doesn't look too bad, and the finish panel between the backlight and the decklid opening is good.
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The inner structure was modified during previous body work (did I say that nicely enough Jeff? :lol: ) so we are going to go ahead and use that from the new quarter as well. Almost looks like it could be a 4 door! :shock:
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The old outer wheel house, wrinked and unuseable
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The front half of the old quarter. We saved the back half as a patch panel for a possible future project. Mine or somebody elses.
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From the inside. Ouch!
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We took the rear trunk panel off too. Was simply easier to replace it with a good panel than fix the old one.
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