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The top had some creases that needed to be worked out
Both the trunk floor & the drip rail seal cleaned up real nice..
All the seams are cleaning real nice.
A repair section had to be made for the inner fender lip.
Time to install the right quarter it just fits perfect over the small corner bracket made earlier.
The left side also needed some patch work.
This is a typical 60's era muscle car with 45 years of rust.
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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.
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.
The replacement quarters arrived, so its test fit time
The trunk seal needed some repair so a repair section was formed to do the repair.
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.
More trunk floor patch work.
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.
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.
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.
New skin
Better the factory fit & alignment now.
The quarter's fit & look real nice.
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
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
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.
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.
Patch tig welded in then ground clean
This is for the front or outer skin repair.
Template for patch panel.
Welds ground clean.
Roof support bracket pained with rust preventative paint.
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.
Welds ground & rust preventive painted..
1968 Dodge Coronet
Left side roof support bracket was made
First is make a patch for the back or inside then weld it in place.
Cleaned all the rust out of the lower sub rails then painted with rust preventive paint.
Rust preventative paint applied.
Rust preventive paint is applied to the inner section.
Right side fits like a glove
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
Tig tacked then fully welded after that the weld was ground clean
My Baileigh MSS 16F shrinker stretcher comes in handy for making these S shaped pieces
Weld ground clean the painted with rust preventative paint.
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The rear trunk upper body filler panel needed some help.
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.
Lot of plug welds to grind clean.
Welds ground & cleaned up