With the pay week ending mid-week, of course the plan is evolving on the fly and its push-push time because everything is urgent. Sounds like crash work, don't it?
Today's plan has me yes doing the '69 metal work. I comitted to having the '68 roof fully installed by tomorrow's end, and another guy is to step in and do mud on the 68. And I'd start on the '69. But I wasn't finished with the 68... doesn't matter... the other guy is plenty good.
Just whatever, me fix. Off we go-
I found the '69 to be like this:
Trunk hinge bracket on one or both sides are positioned incorrectly, holding the package tray and rear window filler panel in a twist, relative to one another. A deck lid would never line up!
Other than that, she's alright. Needs rocker work, not too bad. Cowl, firewall, all floors, roof, tail panel are all new and owner-installed decently. It must have gotten a little too 3-D at some point due to the mini-tubs. Not a problem, at least I don't think so.
It has one usable fender, doors are cruddy. Decklid new and dented, just like the full quarters. We also got rear window panel and a 3pc gutter kit.
So back to the '68- continuing from the patches I made yesterday that may or may not make sense yet. Come on, I'll show you in detail-
See whats going on there? I stared at it awhile and this was all I thought of for a solution. Fitted that patch edge to the quarter's edge and welded it up. Next I'll cut the face of the quarter right next to that seam.
Here was the tool pile for the next step-
Now I slice the quarter and bend it out for the contour I need, leaving a void to be patched. Also trimmed the edge of the patch flush with the tail panel's face.
I made another patch for that slice, with Tape Aided Design. Slapped a piece of 1 1/2" masking tape over that and traced it with my pen, then stuck it on a scrap as my rough pattern.
Another post will take it all the way, til I ran out of day....
