When I was cleaning up the surface rust inside the rear quarter area, I found some rust through holes in the Door jamb area on both sides. I had repaired the drivers side jamb back in July but I did not notice the rust through at that time. The holes on both the drivers, and passenger side were in the bend […]
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In the last post I set up the doors and trunk as to get a body reference lines. With all the references set up for the doors and Trunk lid, etc. I started by taking measurement of the placement of the rear quarters on the tail panel. I also check the angle of the top of the quarter panel. This […]
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With the front end sorted, I moved back to the rear quarters. If you remember I had started on the trunk area, and then found a lot of rust that had bondo applied over it. No attempt to repair or weld up. I ordered new quarters, and in the mean time moved to the front of the car. No shortage […]
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A while ago I posted on removing inner fender wall on the passenger side. I you recall I talked about how thin the aftermarket panel that was installed when I got the car, and how the new Dynacorn panel was much better quality. In this post I’ll cover installing the fenderwell, and the radiator support. To begin I had to mark where all the […]
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The Passenger frame rail was in much better shape than that drivers side, If you recall I completely replaced the drivers side frame rail. This side only required a new section part to just replace the really bad area. The front most part of the frame has damage from battery acid dripping on it, and from someone drilling holes to access the bumper brace bolts. I started […]
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While I wait for all the body parts to show up, I decided to take care of rest of the work needed on the front end. I was originally going to save the front end to last, as it gave me time to figure out what motor and other bits I wanted. but since the Fenders and one of the Doors is […]
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