The Other 68 Dart Resto Project
I gave the trunklid my attention today. I decided to take a 24" straightedge and check to see how bad and where the trunklid was bent. I found out that the trunklid was actually ok over all but the far left 8". Obviously sombody had sat on or stood on it to bend the whole left edge down. The shape of the lid (flat) did not match the fender (crowned).
I was trying to figure out how I was going to bent the whole trunklid back into shape, when I had an idea. I grabbed my lineman's plier and a paintstick and started bending the lip of the lid up to match the fender. As you can see, I used a paintstick to check the level. The orange marks I mad with a sharpie told me where to bend and how much.
I finally got the shape to match the fender perfectly. Once done, I filled in the trough left with body filler, I will sand it all off tomorrow and see how it will turn out.
I gave the trunklid my attention today. I decided to take a 24" straightedge and check to see how bad and where the trunklid was bent. I found out that the trunklid was actually ok over all but the far left 8". Obviously sombody had sat on or stood on it to bend the whole left edge down. The shape of the lid (flat) did not match the fender (crowned).
I was trying to figure out how I was going to bent the whole trunklid back into shape, when I had an idea. I grabbed my lineman's plier and a paintstick and started bending the lip of the lid up to match the fender. As you can see, I used a paintstick to check the level. The orange marks I mad with a sharpie told me where to bend and how much.
I finally got the shape to match the fender perfectly. Once done, I filled in the trough left with body filler, I will sand it all off tomorrow and see how it will turn out.