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    Offline RUSTY Cuda

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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #15 on: September 30, 2004 - 10:01:58 PM »
    Looks like you got some work too, I think it's a good idea to seal em while their open, easy enough now , just slop some por15 or eastwood stuff in there & no future worries!
    here's a few shots of the job
    one side being prepared for weldin, por15'd & weld spots cleaned.

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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #16 on: September 30, 2004 - 10:04:04 PM »
    Pans welded in, went a little wild here, warped the pan doing it, (my first time) but she's solid!
    did a little better on the drivers side! ::)

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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #17 on: September 30, 2004 - 10:05:56 PM »
    here's one of those extensions being fitted up for weldin, a lot of bending & rebending on this!

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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #18 on: September 30, 2004 - 10:18:32 PM »
    Had to fab up the bottoms of my tail light mounts, lotsa fun on this car!

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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #19 on: September 30, 2004 - 10:21:16 PM »
    Just like new, errrr well almost! ;D

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    Offline Steve

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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #20 on: October 01, 2004 - 06:47:00 AM »
    D@MN! I thought I was the only one crazy enough to put this much work into a '72!    :o :o

    That's some super work!
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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #21 on: October 01, 2004 - 07:26:30 PM »
    Yep, I'm crazy, but what do you do after you laid down your money & the car is home, This is my first  resto, so it's good it's a clone, cause I've made a lot of mistakes along the way, but I had to learn & thats still going on, next car (is a bit dryer) & should come out better if I ever get this one done!  ???Rich.
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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #22 on: October 02, 2004 - 07:15:04 AM »
    RUSTY....my twin....seperated at birth...
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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #23 on: October 02, 2004 - 07:36:18 AM »
    OK. This is wierd. When I pulled my trunk pans out, the two middle braces (for the fuel tank) were NOT welded to the subframe of the car. I cut out the pans and the fuel tank braces came out with the pans! I didn't drill or cut on the braces at all. Were those braces welded to the sub-frame on your cars?

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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #24 on: October 02, 2004 - 08:11:14 AM »
     :o They are suppose to be Steve, mine were when I replaced my trunk floor, post some pictures when you get a chance. Hey RC, speaking of first time, this is my first complete also, it is costing an arm and a leg but I figure you couldn't go to any school and learn any better than tackeling the job yourself, learning from others here and other places as well. It's not a job, it's an adventure!! hehe, I am loving it though! Nice work by the way!  :D
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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #25 on: October 03, 2004 - 07:30:23 PM »
    Yep, most expensive school I ever went to!!
    On those trunk braces mine were welded rear only, came up a couple a inches short in front, instead a tryin to do them off the car i made extensions outta scrap steel & welded em to the cross member in front! not sure if thats factory or not, but a lot easier to measure everything out!!!

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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #26 on: October 04, 2004 - 06:32:39 AM »
    Looks good Rusty - I did find a couple of shots of a 70 AAR model trunk. Owner claims this is original, maybe this could server as a visual blueprint? Ck it out:



     

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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #27 on: October 04, 2004 - 08:08:13 AM »
    On the trunk braces, mine weren't welded to the frame. I actually welded mine to the pan halves out of the car. there werre no spot welds on the main cross brace (the one near the rear shock mounts). 
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    Re: What is the proper procedure for trunk pan & qtr. replacement?
    « Reply #28 on: October 05, 2004 - 05:19:07 PM »
    Hey steve, I added a couple of inches to them & did it myself, I had not removed the back 2 inches of the trunk pan so they were just hangin there, didn't have my "new" tail panel at that point so I didn't want to drill out the rears, seems to have worked out ok, the actual pan didn't rest on that cross member anyway! & I did all the weldin to the pan from the top.
    Mike, may need that for the 74,thanks, 73 is going in as modified(just a tad) so I'm not going crazy with details, just want it to be clean! Rich.
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