1970 - 71 does anyone have pictures of tail panel fit

[mopar12372]

does anyone have  pictures of tail panel with  removed and installed without sealer /paint . i also installed the 2 peace trunk  floor . does the floor have a lip  in the rear and spot welded to  the panel ? is the rear lip on the inside or out side . my car has past repairs and every thing was welded / really a big mess . i didnt see the rear panel in the factory condition.thanks for anyones help / Bill

[miketyler]

I did the 2-piece in my 72 trunk some time back. My car had been previously "worked on" as well. On mine, it seemed that the trailing edge of the trunk floors sat on top of the rear panel crossmember. I think you can see some of the detail here

[mopar12372]

thanks for the picture!
the new tail panel sheet metal is not bent its flat this is why im confused. i was planning on cutting out the extension that was welded in and makeing a new one with a lip on it . i also have alot of space on the sides wich appears that the panel needs to be pulled forward on the bottom as i can see the sides of the quarter panel molunts where it is spotwelded from the factory.

[rtgambit]

On my 71 R/T the trunk floor has a lip that goes under the tail panel and is spot welded.

Here's a good pic before I did any work (I couldn't see any repairwork in this section, either).



My replacement 2 piece floor didn't have this lip, so I recreated it.



(Wow... big difference between those two shots)

[mopar12372]

thanks anyone have picture of 1970 cuda tail panel?

[mopardave]

tail panel goes on the inside of the lip

[mopardave]

another

[mopar12372]

dave , the 1st picture i see the top aligned with the panel is it that way all the way around? the reason i ask is i can align the top but the bottom wants to stay in 1/2 in , there isnt any metal in the way to pull it out . so there is a angle ?

[mopardave]

let me ask this, how far out is the trunk floor pan from the lower cross member that it is sitting on??

[mopardave]

you need to post some pictures.

[mopar12372]

thanks al,   ill post them this weekend been busy at work  . wish i had 2 qpanels to match my 70 tail panel . its a shame to weld this nice peace of metal to these bondo hacked qpanels (need money)it would take care of about 70% of the body work and look 1000000 % better .

[E-Body Products]

Here is a pic of the tail panel I put in my car.  The tail panel is not flush with the back of the quarter in any place.  The offset is a little more than a paint stick.

[mopar12372]

funny  all the cars are different , some set back, some cars are even with the qpanel . right now i have the tail panel out continplating new  qpanels . i am going to take pictures my photo resize program sucks!

[mopar12372]

pictures of the area i was talking about. dont understand why the pictures are uploading like this?

[mopardave]

they are supose to be set in and not flush.