A 1974 Duster - My 2nd one, 41 years later!
^ Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...Objects in the picture are not as they appear! LOL!
Anyway...A lil' "Yeah you were right" to DusterDaddy and Mr. Sireland, from some previous posts in this thread. First, I would recommend as DD commented when I first took the quarter panel off: Leave the piece that returns into your door jam...this way your gap is correct. Cut the old quarter panel off a few inches behind the jam. And, yes I got ahead of myself painting the door jam before finishing the quarter panel welding, as Sire mentioned. Lessons learned. No biggie, carry on.
So, the gap along the door edge just wasn't right with the new quarter panel. It fit everywhere else very well but I just couldn't get the gap correct. as you can see in the first pic:
IMG_2808 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
So, I made some measurements where the "pinch" started and made a plan of what needed to happen. Pen line on blue tape is body line.
IMG_2809 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
IMG_2810 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
Grinded on the small piece until it fit flush:
IMG_2813 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
IMG_2814 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
IMG_2815 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
IMG_2816 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
IMG_2817 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
Gap fixed:
IMG_2818 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
^ Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...Objects in the picture are not as they appear! LOL!
Anyway...A lil' "Yeah you were right" to DusterDaddy and Mr. Sireland, from some previous posts in this thread. First, I would recommend as DD commented when I first took the quarter panel off: Leave the piece that returns into your door jam...this way your gap is correct. Cut the old quarter panel off a few inches behind the jam. And, yes I got ahead of myself painting the door jam before finishing the quarter panel welding, as Sire mentioned. Lessons learned. No biggie, carry on.
So, the gap along the door edge just wasn't right with the new quarter panel. It fit everywhere else very well but I just couldn't get the gap correct. as you can see in the first pic:
IMG_2808 by Alexl5280, on FlickrSo, I made some measurements where the "pinch" started and made a plan of what needed to happen. Pen line on blue tape is body line.
IMG_2809 by Alexl5280, on FlickrIMG_2810 by Alexl5280, on FlickrGrinded on the small piece until it fit flush:
IMG_2813 by Alexl5280, on FlickrIMG_2814 by Alexl5280, on FlickrIMG_2815 by Alexl5280, on FlickrIMG_2816 by Alexl5280, on FlickrIMG_2817 by Alexl5280, on FlickrGap fixed:
IMG_2818 by Alexl5280, on Flickr