Holey mackerel

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I forgot about this thread and the amount of work you are having to do with it. I have finally started welding the quarters and doing the needed patching on the other parts of the rear of the car. I will definitely have to refer back to this as I put it back together.
 
From that point I ground and dressed my welds smooth. A fiberglass bodyfiller was applied to fill any pin holes around the welded areas.And then a coat of bodyfiller to finish the area off. I then epoxy primed the area for corrosion protection. And caulked the seams to make it watertite. Moving on from there the quarter panels placed into position for the last time.And permanently welded home. The back end of this relic is now complete. On to the bodywork!

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Very nice work! That is quite the ambitious project! I thought my 70 duster was bad with needing to be stripped and have trunk floor and passenger side floor replaced! Guess I don't have it so bad after all!
 
pauly said:
Very nice work! That is quite the ambitious project! I thought my 70 duster was bad with needing to be stripped and have trunk floor and passenger side floor replaced! Guess I don't have it so bad after all!
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No they can always be worse lol
 
The back halfs bodywork is near completion. And will soon be ready for a round of primer. Then into the trunk and passenger compartment to level several hundred plug welds

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Wow, lots of awesome work. What brand quarter skins did you use. I will have to do a simular cut n splice job with my notchback
 
Gonna be a new one when you're done. Better.
 
Question, I had read that the convertibles had thicker rocker panels than the Barracuda’s with roofs.
Did you find evidence of that on this rebuild?
Can you tell how the thicker rockers were originally made?
Did they just stamp them
from thicker metal, or is there an additional part inside the rocker that made it thicker? By how much?
Any evidence of original torque boxes ?
Thanks
 
my68barracuda said:
Question, I had read that the convertibles had thicker rocker panels than the Barracuda’s with roofs.
Did you find evidence of that on this rebuild?
Can you tell how the thicker rockers were originally made?
Did they just stamp them
from thicker metal, or is there an additional part inside the rocker that made it thicker? By how much?
Any evidence of original torque boxes ?
Thanks
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Though this photo of the reinforcement is from an e body. They are similar for the abody. And this is the torque box from the barracuda.

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