Father-Son 1974 Duster Project
Since the car is back on its wheels, I'm wanting to get the doors, fenders, hood and deck lid together somewhat whilst I await available funds to do the quarters. The quarter skins wont wrap into the door jamb or the trunk gutter so I can align the doors to the old quarter body line and go forward.
First I had to repair a pair of reject fenders I bought and fix a ribbon of rust on the bottom of the drivers door skin. I cut out just the rust from the door skin and use the piece I cut out as a pattern for the patch. My flux core welds are not pretty but they are solid. I was able to grind them clean on the outside and the inside. I then spray rust reformer on the inside of the skin and coat the repair with urethane seam filler.
The passenger fender had a patch cut out of it where the marker light area is, but I had the fender that the car came with and there was not rust in the marker light area so I was able to weld the piece back in place. There is a marker light hole, but I put a piece of packing tape over it from the back to help eliminate sag when the filler draped into the hole. I can cut it out later with a rotozip.
I don't have much experience with filler, so I'm using autoparts store spreaders and going with light coats and sanding them by hand with 60 grit paper on a paint stir stick.
I was able to get a second skim of filler on my cowl patch as well.
Next I'm going to figure out how to hammer out the dent in the drivers side rocker. Going to try and avoid getting a slide hammer at all costs.:violent1: Isn't amazing how the original factory paint has runs in it as is evident in the rocker photo.....