67/68/69 cuda dilemma
I am changing the quarter half skins, but have to repair everything else. The nasty and poorly repaired body job on the LH rear quarter that rusted has been bugging me pretty hard. Initially my thought was to derust it and reevaluate what i have. Second thought was derust the perimeter of it so i can see whats decent enough to save, the typical sheetmetal gage on one of these old A bodies is 19ga. Which is fairly thin. I have a 4'x4' sheet of it to fab whatever i need. Decided where i am going to cut and buttweld in a new patch, and fabbed up a patch section. Heres current pix. As i cut it all out, prep it to weld it in, and weld it together i will take more pix. I have sheetmetal buttweld clecos, a thick aluminum plate, and some heavy duty magnets to hold it in place so i can tack it in.
I am changing the quarter half skins, but have to repair everything else. The nasty and poorly repaired body job on the LH rear quarter that rusted has been bugging me pretty hard. Initially my thought was to derust it and reevaluate what i have. Second thought was derust the perimeter of it so i can see whats decent enough to save, the typical sheetmetal gage on one of these old A bodies is 19ga. Which is fairly thin. I have a 4'x4' sheet of it to fab whatever i need. Decided where i am going to cut and buttweld in a new patch, and fabbed up a patch section. Heres current pix. As i cut it all out, prep it to weld it in, and weld it together i will take more pix. I have sheetmetal buttweld clecos, a thick aluminum plate, and some heavy duty magnets to hold it in place so i can tack it in.