67 barracuda notchback restoration
I got a good deal on some goodmark rear quarters and a new goodmark battery tray from a wholesale supplier. I had originally pulled out the left rear quarter with a stud welder/puller, fixed a small amount of rust in the rear bottom of the original quarter, slathered on the bondo, sanded the crap out of it , and primered it. The job came out good actually. However i wasnt really happy having bondo, and patches welded in. But the $250 per side cost for goodmark quarter panels plus shipping off ebay and other sources was cost prohibitive. So i bondoed it figuring i could drive it in primer and put skins on it later.
Then the $311 shipped to my doorstep deal popped up for 2 quarter skins and a needed battery tray so i grabbed it. I was still bucks down at the time but spent the cash figuring it was the best deal i was ever gonna find on these. First pic below is the bondo job on the rear quarter. Eventually i will be cutting it and the other quarter off and welding on the new skins.
I used some heavy duty autobody type masking paper that i taped to the floor so i could scrape and remove the undercoating. I also bought a few industrial sized cans of WD40 to spray down the areas that still had undercoating to make it easier to scrape off. After scraping i wiped the excess undercoating off with some cheap laquer thinner, scuff sanded everything down with a DA sander. Then i sprayed it all with dupont grey automotive sandable laquer primer.
With the underside in grey primer you can easily see the 3/4" holes drilled in the bottom of the subframe connectors for water drainage. As well as 3/4" water drain holes at the bottom aft edges of the front torque box plates. Additionally the subframe connectors fitted in at the back overlap the frame rails and are lap welded to the rail all the way around, with the rear torque boxes overlapping the subframe connectors and rear framerails for additional strength.
I got a good deal on some goodmark rear quarters and a new goodmark battery tray from a wholesale supplier. I had originally pulled out the left rear quarter with a stud welder/puller, fixed a small amount of rust in the rear bottom of the original quarter, slathered on the bondo, sanded the crap out of it , and primered it. The job came out good actually. However i wasnt really happy having bondo, and patches welded in. But the $250 per side cost for goodmark quarter panels plus shipping off ebay and other sources was cost prohibitive. So i bondoed it figuring i could drive it in primer and put skins on it later.
Then the $311 shipped to my doorstep deal popped up for 2 quarter skins and a needed battery tray so i grabbed it. I was still bucks down at the time but spent the cash figuring it was the best deal i was ever gonna find on these. First pic below is the bondo job on the rear quarter. Eventually i will be cutting it and the other quarter off and welding on the new skins.
I used some heavy duty autobody type masking paper that i taped to the floor so i could scrape and remove the undercoating. I also bought a few industrial sized cans of WD40 to spray down the areas that still had undercoating to make it easier to scrape off. After scraping i wiped the excess undercoating off with some cheap laquer thinner, scuff sanded everything down with a DA sander. Then i sprayed it all with dupont grey automotive sandable laquer primer.
With the underside in grey primer you can easily see the 3/4" holes drilled in the bottom of the subframe connectors for water drainage. As well as 3/4" water drain holes at the bottom aft edges of the front torque box plates. Additionally the subframe connectors fitted in at the back overlap the frame rails and are lap welded to the rail all the way around, with the rear torque boxes overlapping the subframe connectors and rear framerails for additional strength.