1968 Dodge Coronet

Coated with rust preventive paint.

A patch panel had to be made for the trunk floor to quarter drop.

The right side also need some repair.

Time to replace to many holes & very thin.

Door gap nice, even fat paint stick gap

A couple of brackets from the old skin.

Passenger side floor needs attention.

Checked for fit

The roof to quarter seam was lead filled before priming

With all the plug weld hole made now its time to start welding the floor pan section in.

Again my Baileigh MSS-16F made this tricky part not so hard.

New skin

Better the factory fit & alignment now.

The quarter's fit & look real nice.

A new corner piece was made

Final install

Now for the front fenders holes need to be filled, some minor patch and repair, plus some hammer dolly & shrink disc time.

Checking for fit & final trim marking.

The trunk floor underneath the tail light panel brace needed some attention due to the rust mite attack, so a new piece was made.

After the repair , hammer dolly & shrink disc looking real straight door gap & alignment dead on.

Left side floor pan needed the same work as the Right.

The new piece welded in a welds ground.

First is make a patch for the back or inside then weld it in place.

The lower front corner was a little holy

Patch made for the trunk floor to quarter drop

Doing some final trimming & fitting the start welding into place

Weld ground clean the painted with rust preventative paint.

Back glass lower corner pockets were real thin with pin holes

A pattern was made then start forming to make these tricky little parts they looked factory when done.

Welds ground & cleaned up

The inner wheel tub needs a little attention

The trunk floor had several pin holes but not enough to warrant a floor replacement.

Ground & rust preventive painted

The repair section was welded in & ground smooth

Cut the old out.

Welds ground & cleaned up both sides.

Lots of plug welds to do.

The left door also received a new skin & needed some patch repair

I like sanding the blasted parts to do a final clean up.

Tacked then fully welded in.

Tig tacked then fully welded & ground clean both sides.

Now the left needs some attention.

Right tail light housing area.

Now its time to grind down all the welds. it is a whole lot easer to grind down the welds as we go alone on a project

Patch tig welded in then ground clean

This is for the front or outer skin repair.

Welds ground clean.

Roof support bracket pained with rust preventative paint.

1968 Dodge Coronet

Left side roof support bracket was made

Rust preventive paint is applied to the inner section.

Right side fits like a glove

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Danny Pascoe

The rear trunk upper body filler panel needed some help.

Lot of plug welds to grind clean.

The left trunk floor drop was a little holey & need some attention.

The other side made & tacked in.

Cleaning up the underside.

A little touch up welding for some thin spots.

This is the last of the sheet metal work on this project the front lower windshield area. It had the typical rust pin holes but not bad enough to need patch sections.

As you can see in some of the pictures above & below it is just about paying attention to the details & repairing all the rust out minor or major, the idea is to make the project last another 45 or 50 years.

Cut out the old, then bend up a repair section after wards trim to fit.

Some patch work in the trunk floor

The trunk lid had some minor damage & rust out repair.

The rest of the quarter fits great also.

Passenger door needs some help a new skin & inner patch.

Patches were made then welded in then the welds were ground smooth.

Every thing was DP primed except the areas with e coat on the replacement panels.

Starting to look real nice

After cutting most of both quarter panels off it went to the blast shop to clean up the inner structure & floors

A little patch repair on the right inner fender lip.

The floor pan is fully welded in.

Template for patch panel.

Welds ground & rust preventive painted..

In my shop I strive for high quality repairs whether its a small job or a larger build like this 68 Coronet. Since this project was finished the concrete slab is now fully enclosed & has added more sq footage of working shop space. The car had to be straight & all fitments dead on as the car was going deep clear coat BLACK. The owner told me later he was quite happy as it needed very little filler & just high build primer & blocking.

I showed a lot of detail so you can see what my shop is capable of, also ever project done here is fully photo documented & I burn the owner a CD when done showing what all was done for there records, hope you enjoyed the build.