Quarter Fitment Problem

Jim, If your having to pull the quarter to the trunk extension then I would slice the quarter skin from the bottom and follow the wheel oepening up towards the top going just past where the quarter fits good. I would then either clamp it with some vise grips or cleco pin it or even tech screw it. The thickness of the blade of the cut off wheel will get you there. One thing to avoid when putting panels on a car is creating tension on a panel especially a large on like a quarter. You are very fortuante that those Sherman panels even come close to fitting. I had to totally reshape their parts to fit on my last Road Runner. I hope this helps.

Turbodart,
I am not sure that I follow where you are suggesting that I cut????
Do you mean that I should slice just outside the arch of the wheel well, kinda following the the lip but on the flat part of the panel?

It looks like an easy option is to weld along the edge where the two pieces do come together and then weld the holes that I drilled for the plug welds back shut. I will be able to make a "partial" plug weld at the most inner quadrant of those holes. So I ma thinking that between the edge being welded and the partial on plug welds, it should be strong enough because it is limited to a pretty small area. Thanks. L8r

Jim