tighening up the gaps

I spent about a day getting the panels nice on the '73 Scamp. The only reworking I did was cut the slot longer on the decklid on one side, for the hinge, to get it to scoot forward, reset the doors without shims, reset the hood to cowl and rolled the corners of the fenders that gap to the cowl, to get the fenders in to the doors and close the hood to fender gaps. I also bumped the driver's side quarter panel top section down with a mallet to get all the lines from the top of the quarter and door to match.

I also rebuilt the hinges while I was in there, during the 5 hours I was messing around after work, that day. It's really not as difficult as it seems. The only time you need to weld material, is if you're in there replacing metal with a poor fit or going extremely custom and can't make adjustments or cuts at the hardware mounting areas.