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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #105 on: September 18, 2006 - 07:56:48 AM »
Glen very nice work! Looks like were at the same stage of work!




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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #106 on: November 11, 2006 - 03:11:45 PM »
Thanks for the kind comments, it's been a while since I posted on here, been busy with a lot of things and the car was only part of them. Here's a few pictures of my completed quarter install, now I can move on to something else. The quarter is 99% ready for paint, will get another coat of epoxy primer once the rest of the car is ready for it. Not a body guy by a long shot but I am one that believes where there's a will there's a way, finally got this with a lot of  :swear: ing,  :stomp: ,ing  :22yikes: ,   :pullinghair: and  :banghead: .
 Here's the results. EIGHT YEARS LATER!!!

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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #107 on: November 11, 2006 - 05:31:54 PM »
looks great, you gonna shoot it yourself? just wondering if your as  :crazy: as me! It sure is fun though when its done & came out all right! Rich.
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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #108 on: November 12, 2006 - 05:44:12 AM »
looks great, you gonna shoot it yourself? just wondering if your as  :crazy: as me! It sure is fun thoug when its done & came out all right! Rich.

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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #109 on: November 12, 2006 - 12:31:40 PM »
Looking Good.  :2thumbs:
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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #110 on: November 12, 2006 - 03:27:59 PM »
Nice progress, P6P! :cheers:
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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #111 on: November 15, 2006 - 07:41:26 AM »
looking sweet Glen. You do great bodywork.
Mike, Fremont, CA.


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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #112 on: November 15, 2006 - 11:32:44 AM »
 :2thumbs: looking great glen,keep up the good work and thanks for the update.---dave--
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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #113 on: November 15, 2006 - 11:45:37 AM »
Looking good, I did a 70 a few years ago... did you try and fit the side scoop yet?  I had to modify the inert plus work to the scoop area.  Body work is definetly like 70% patience, something I don't have at time :rofl:
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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #114 on: November 15, 2006 - 04:46:57 PM »
Thanks guys, does feel good to finally get this part just about completed and be able to move on.
 
Looking good, I did a 70 a few years ago... did you try and fit the side scoop yet?  I had to modify the inert plus work to the scoop area.  Body work is definetly like 70% patience, something I don't have at time :rofl:

:22yikes:  What? Side scoop? Uhoh, better try it before I move on, didn't even think of that being an issue. Thanks for the tip, what did you have to do to it? Shave some off of the insert, tweak the scoop area? Glad you mentioned this before I got to installing this and maybe having an unwanted surprise.

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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #115 on: November 15, 2006 - 05:31:29 PM »
The contour is off, I had to reshape my insert some and add some putty... if I could have done it over I would have kept the original section of the 1/4 with the scoop. 
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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #116 on: November 16, 2006 - 06:29:43 AM »
That's the reason I replaced my quarter in the first place, the major part that wouldn't come out right on the original was the scoop area. It had been bondo'd about 1/4" thick, once I removed it and worked on it for several hours, I decided I wasn't going to be able to save the original scoop area without using a ton of bondo again. We'll give it a whirl with the insert and see how it comes out. Thanks SilverChally, I'll let you know how it works out.  :thumbsup:

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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #117 on: November 23, 2006 - 10:42:01 AM »
Got a little more done, if I had it to do over again I would have just replaced the entire panel, it would have been about the same amount of work.

Before


Welded in new metal in several places, repaired the corners in some places by silver brazing then using a die grinder to shape and clean.


All cleaned up and sprayed with etching primer.

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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #118 on: November 23, 2006 - 10:56:50 AM »
Glen that looks excellent. I feel your pain about working those rotted window channels! I did the same to my 68 shown in this thread

http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=25422.0

With all the rust in the lower dutchman panel that you had i sure would of just replaced that panel. live and learn right! HAPPY Thanks giving!

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Re: A little more progress
« Reply #119 on: November 23, 2006 - 11:28:18 AM »
Nice work Nick, not enough E's in sweet for the work you are doing.  :grinyes: I really can't complain about the amount of work I had to do around my rear window. The only bad spot was along the bottom edge and corners. The rest of the car is very rust free with the exception of the trunk that I've already replaced and the small areas just below the door on each side. My hat's off to ya! Can't wait to see some more progress pics of the RR once you get back to it.  :2thumbs: