Getting ready to do 1/4s

[70ptta]

Ive been reading a ton of post about replacing 1/4s but I cant find any thing about separating the old panel.  Once you expose all the factory spot welds and drill them out  im sure its not going to come off easy.  Any pics or advise.

[mikerallye]

Best to have the new quarter before you start drilling. You can better tell where they are. Don't forget the ones in the wheel well lip.   

[stinger]

air hammer,a panel cutter chisel and a wide flat chisle.I also use a flat chisle and a hammer for that light touch.a small cup of trans oil works well to keep the drill bits from burning up and a low speed on the drill.I trim out the old sheet metal with the panelcutter and clean out the spot weld area with a strip'n'clean on a die grinder and drill out the spot welds.

[heminut]

I used a Blair spotweld cutter to cut the spotwelds. I also used a 1" wood chisel to separate the flanges after cutting the spotwelds, as there is usually a little weld left still holding the flanges together after drilling or cutting the spots. The wood chisel is thinner than a regular cold chisel and doesn't bend the flanges up as bad when separating them, plus its eisier to get between the flanges.

[e-tek]

Care for some photo's? I only skinned these qtrs as an entire qtr is WAY more involved and this is a '74 Plain-Jane 318 (Sorry for the blurry pix!)











If you look close yo can see what I left on. The qtr comes off under the rocker, around wheel well, under rear bumper and qtr mldg. Hope it helps - good luck!!

[Chlngrcrzy]

When i peeled off my old quarter, i took a rotary cutter and zipped along close to the edges to get rid of the quarter. Then everything was exposed enough i started cutting spot welds with a broach cutter. Came off real easy.