Gerahead's 71 Dart

I got my new quarterpanel skins delivered yesterday :blob:No avoiding it now, time to break out the cutting instruments and go to work. Both skins were shipped in the same box so it was really long and awkward to handle. They arrived in good shape, no dents or creases to deal with. There were a fair number of scratches in them and it looks from the location that they were put into the box that way. The skins are from Sherman and Associates. They have the flange that wraps around the tail light panel and there is a lip that wraps around the door jamb, but not enough to weld at the jamb. The complete bottom edge and wheel well lip are there. They extend up to the belt line crease and bend over the top side of the quarter. This must just be extra metal that is meant to be trimmed off because after the bend, it is not even close to following the radius on the top side. The only real "issue" that I see with the panels is that the depression that was stamped into the metal for the gas fill tube is a much softer radius and doesn't have the sharpness at the bend that the factory stamping has. I may try to either alter the radius or graft in that section from the original metal. I am bach-ing it the whole next week, so I am counting on being able to really hammer out some progress. We'll see how smoothly this goes. L8r

Jim