68 firebird project from Pontiac
I realized there was a high spot in the new front passenger fender that was dented outward. Not sure if it came like that or was a result of me bending the inner flap away from the door. The door edge was lightly rubbing on the inner sheet metal flap when I opened to door so I bent it slightly [...]
From over 10 years ago, I never finished the weld inside the door jam of the passenger quarter panel. There is a thicker backing plate that gives the quarter panel more structural support when the door is shut. Before it wobbled slightly when shutting the door. To finished this, I drilled several holes into the door jam area, then clamped [...]
Today was all about the trunk lid. I’m not sure if the new quarter panels didn’t line up perfect but I believe the trunk lid was always sticking up about a 1/4” on the corner. I was going to grind down the metal plate that attached to the inside of the trunk lid because it seemed thick enough. But instead [...]
I sanded the last layer of body putty spread but still realized 2 spots that were slightly low. Another layer was added and sanded today to finally complete this. I was debating if it I should’ve just replaced this panel and weld in a new one. I’d guess the amount of time and effort to weld in a new panel [...]
Even though I pulled out the dent quite a bit in the rear panel on the passenger side, the body putty fill was still quite a bit of work. The past few days I put on several layers of body putty. It was quite a bit but I’m also not the most efficient on body work. Here is a photo [...]
I now have most of the large body putty fills completed except one last dent in the rear panel underneath the bumper. I decided to try pulling the it out as much as possible first. Below shows the large dent. I decided to try using my stud welder from my work. They make these specifically for body work to weld [...]
