1970 Duster project in Sweden

moparmat2000 said
Txstang84,

If you can buy full quarters for the scamp, id advise you to do so. Having to do a non stock seam is a b##tch. I have no choice on the cuda since they dont make full quarters for the coupes.

My OCD will make me end up climbing inside the trunk and bodyfilling the non stock seams on my cudas quarters with bodyfiller on the backside.

I can prob help you in some capacity. Are you planning on moving back to Abilene?

I'm already back in Abilene-on the north side off of E Lake Rd. As I mentioned though--currently renting so I can't really bring my toys back yet. I'm optimistically looking at moving to Potosi because I anticipate being here for another couple decades and want some land to build a shop and maybe bring a couple family members to live with my wife and I, so not toys until then.

I definitely want to buy the full quarters-both sides. I've found them online for about $1200/pr; seems like a decent price for new galvanized metal that won't rot through at the first threat of retained road water.

My minor idiosyncrasies won't be quite to that amplitude. As long as it's covered in primer and some form of top coat on the inside, I don't need beyond factory line perfection or concourse resto correct markings. To be perfectly honest, I might POR the inside of the trunk and cover over it with either hammer coat finish or some sort of sound/vibration absorbing coating.

You need to check out bad obsession motorsports on YouTube-they have a series called "Project Binky" (in colour) where the proprietors (a couple of cheeky limeys) take the full drivetrain and suspension out of a turbo awd drive celica and shoehorn it into a 1981 Mini--Oh, and they don't alter the OAL or wheelbase...it's about 7 hours of my life I'll never get back, but the fab work and parts big engineering going into it is awesome...pretty sure you'll dig it.