1972 Canadian H-Code 340 Dart Swinger Special Resto - Finally started!

Red383 said

I thought about starting a resto thread, but my progress is so slow it would be like watching paint dry.

Edit: after doing some measuring I have come to the conclusion that the new AMD quarter is 1/4" shorter than the factory quarter. That makes for a really big door gap.

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It's a problem Aaron and if you try to move it forward too much, if you can at all, you lose the length at the back and the trunk lid hangs out past the quarter and if you try and move the trunk lid back you lose the gap between it and the rear cowl. Probably the most sensible and easiest solution is the one Randy (hemiorangeswinger) used was to simply add to or lengthen the back door edge by welding an 1/8 steel welding rod on and messaging that if you need to and recover the gap. If you take your time and keep it cool the edge of the door is pretty strong so should warp very little. I spent a ton of time, too much, on this problem of these quarters being short.