Archive: Panels

Passenger side door skin (almost) on

Tagged: Assembly, Body, Panels
5th April 2009
First was to get the door off the car, and then remove the existing remnants of skin. The easiest way to do that was to just grind away at the folded edges… So, the left, right and bottom edges of the skin need to be ground down. … but no need to do the top edge, as the whole support rail on the top side of the skin is replaced…
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… and the left rear quarter panel. (And door skin, sort of)

Tagged: Assembly, Body, Panels
4th April 2009
So today the driver side quarter was finished, cut to size and shape, and tacked into position.   First was to cut away some more of the old quarter. I cut an inch below the top edge and about two inches from the door. A centimetre above the lower contour line. And at the back end there’s about an inch of wrap around. I also painted (with POR-15) some bare…
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Right rear quarter is in place, looking good…

Tagged: Assembly, Body, Panels
3rd April 2009
Today got the right hand rear quarter tacked in place. With the quarter on it’s starting to feel like a car again!   Also started cutting the left hand quarter to shape, and that should be tacked in place tomorrow. I’ve taken some in-progress pictures for the left hand side so I’ll post them soonish.…
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Left side rear end rebuilt

Tagged: Assembly, Body, Panels
8th February 2009
Since the last post… New sheet metal for the shock mount, trunk pan extension, quarter filler panel, and inner and outer wheelhouses… and rebuilt structural shock mount area. I’ll add some more detailed step-by-step pictures shortly.   Still a lot of grinding, welding and more grinding and welding to do……
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Cut quarter panel.

Tagged: 1967 Pontiac Firebird, Body, Panels
11th June 2008
Cut a large section out of the rear quarter to examine how it’s all put together – whilst waiting for the new panels to arrive.…
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Doors back on.

Tagged: 1967 Pontiac Firebird, Body, Panels
6th June 2008
Doors temporarily rehung. This is to aid in replacing the rear quarters, they will somewhat hold the body in alignment. I removed all the glass and the associated mechanisms. Left the exterior handles on and locks in.  …
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