blown 87

We are going to at least roll the lips on them.
The body work should be done by the end of the month, it is finally in the rotation and being worked on.

Marine Blue

Wow you're not kidding, that's some serious surgery!

Curious.....by the looks of it there is nothing which keeps dirt, water etc from making it's way right up to the rear window is there??? Is everything sealed back there?

largecar379

you're on the right track---nothing back there except the undercoating (cosmolene) and the inner fender panels.

--Russ

Marine Blue

I didn't realize dirt/water can just work it's way up into the frame. This does explain why rust can occur around the rear window sill, all it takes is a chip, scratch or incorrect bodywork to get it started.

Tony

IIRC Rob(Blownbeast) in Socal had his fenders/arches widened and is running 335s in the back. He didnt have gts quarters welded on either....had a good body guy pull and form the stock steel to shape. Looks fantastic as well.

RyanPerrella

did you buy new qtrs or were you the one that found used ones?

whats the sunset price for new ones, anyone priced them recently?

AO

That car is gonna look awesome! I'm not sure I'd have the stomach to go through with it on mine.

blown 87

I am not sure what we are going to do about keeping the dirt out of there, going to have to figure out something more than just a bunch of undercoating.


Hi Abby, I have talked to the better half about going to Road Atlanta this weekend, so maybe we can make it if the kids are not coming over.

I have never been to a road race, but we do go to some events when they are running this stuff.




I got mine from Sunset, they were about $1,000 each plus shipping.

I am sure that all of this work will do nothing but devalue the car, but it is what I want to do.
There will not be many like it out there.


Greg Nettles

blown 87

Yea, Andrew it is a major thing to do.

I can see what it will look like in my mind when it is done, that is what I keep telling myself.

JHowell37

Seam sealer is what is used to keep water out. Most of the rust you see around the windows does not from the inside. The rust is on the surface.

Urethane based seam sealer will be very effective for use as an undercoating. It's not porous, and it doesn't soak up water like the asphalt based ****. Aside from spraying a potent solvent like urethane reducer on it, there isn't much that will get through it.

6.0-928S

If you bought OE quarter panels they come rolled from the factory. Mine did.
Hammer

blown 87

They are factory quarters, but they do have a lip on them, maybe I can get a couple of pics of the lips I am talking about tomorrow if they do not have them on yet.

Greg

largecar379

Geeezzz, that's seriously old skool stuff.....

--Russ

blown 87

Here you go, at least for the right side.

I think this is what they mean when they say "rust free Southern car"

I will post some of the left side when they get them off.









Larry, here is what your quarter looks like if you want it.



Greg Nettles

largecar379

Greg,

did you think about pressure washing the inner fender areas before you peeled the quarters off....?

or, now that you've got them off, how about getting rid of all of that dirt in there? should be pretty easy to get to now.

just a thought.......

more pictures please------

lookin' good-

--Russ