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  1. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    I made grandpa a promise. Ain't backing down on that.
  2. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Quick disconnect quarter panel. Very forward thinking! I think i've joined a club of a chosen few. I might be the only person ever to extract the inner quarter from a c body wagon. If anyone else has, I've never seen evidence for it. Gonna start test fitting the wheelhouse now. There's a spot...
  3. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Choices were made. Got all the welds on the inside too. Managed to get where the inner quarter meets the D pillar without molesting my brace. Might have to make another access hole for the top 3 welds, hopefully not. Ideally i can just reach it with a grinder and bust it with a chisel...
  4. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    And I just realized I forgot to paint under where the rocker joints to the sheet metal. oops.
  5. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Who needs an english wheel when you have a hammer and some round ****? patch still needs more fitment, hopefully i can burn it in tomorrow. My fault for abusing it when removing it, didn't think i'd ever need it. New welder was worth it too. Far better result with zero burnthrough once i got...
  6. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    So I finally gave in and admitted that my welder was way too hot for bodywork. Went out and after much searching I found a local unit on craigslist. Ow my money. Redid all the welds on the door jam, it's not pretty as it's going over the previous bad welds, but it's better. Not happy about...
  7. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Back at it. All the shmutzy flux core BB's a man could want. Ignore the embarrasing welds on the rocker, i had it clamped up 6 ways to sunday and that's all i could do with the angle I had. I bought a purpose made copper heat sink for this. But I get way more use out of the copper pipe i found...
  8. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Haven't done much, was waiting on butt welding clamps to show up. They finally did yesterday. First time using the acid seriously, and it does indeed work quite well. Takes a full day of sitting to convert but that rust is indeed no more. Neat!
  9. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Yeah. The important part would be the bodyline, it could be made to work easily. I want to get some skirts for it and expected it to require fitting regardless. I went out to check on it, and honestly I was radically overthinking it. The extended lip is maybe an inch more, and the body line...
  10. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Well that's what i thought I did, trucked to oregon for it. It would probably have to come from a wagon though, the quarter differs significantly. I can get this side together correctly with what I have. I'm thinking I'll leave the left side as it is and down the road i'll grab a patch for the...
  11. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Yeah and sure enough, same deal on the left side. ****. That paint bubbling on the quarter and where it meets the rocker indicates serious distress in there as well. So what do I do now. Replicate the bad work or tear apart the left side and make the thing from scratch? Or just button up the...
  12. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    So i just realized why all that angle iron was behind the skin. They had to remake that whole wheel arch area and the angle iron was the basis of the bodyline. Look how much lower the wheel opening is vs untouched cars. No wonder they had to mutilate the inner quarter. I also noticed the...
  13. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    In other news however, the acid does work. All the gray stuff was solid rust. Though I think getting the foaming version was a msitake. Lesser concentration and the foaming agent seems to be left over afterwards. Not practical to return the unopened jug for more of the straight acid. Also some...
  14. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Will any of the original car even be left? One wonders.
  15. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Bought a shitload of acid, a sheet metal brake and a bead roller. Progress will resume shortly. Ow my money.
  16. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Contemplating cutting the rear quarter to remove the inner quarter in one piece. I'd have to make an access hole to drill out the spot welds at the back of the D pillar. But the D pillar and tailgate sill will be connected still. Can I do this non destructively, open it up on 3 sides, bend it...
  17. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Going's been slow. I'm at the point where I have to make careful cuts to make careful cuts to make careful cuts. The tape marks the part of the inner quarter I'm keeping. Green tape is the safe zone, gray is the intended overlapping flange area. I have the whole panel of course, but to knit it...
  18. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Yeah i'm leaving it in place. Like i said the hinge mounts are all the way rearward to the point where the filler panel falls off the tailgate into the gap when opened, and the latch plate is adjusted all the way forward. I think the sagging frame pushed the bottom of the sill out and it's now...
  19. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Now I know what all that bondo was for. I like how you can see they started grinding it down and then decided 30 pounds of bondo was a better idea. Humming and hawing over if I should actually replace this. I have all the proper patches but apart from the complete lack of finishing this...
  20. Stev

    New Member, New Polara

    Here's a view not meant for the eyes of mortal men. There's always one weird spot weld in a strange place you miss until the end. Weirdly the inner quarter was spot welded to the door jam stamping by the factory. The donor didn't have welds there, or the shape to support it. Canadian car...
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