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Old 03-09-2022, 02:58 AM
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Default 1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard

Rear window channel. Right side of rear window channel was a little rough... a little too far gone to use the old JB Weld trick.

I made patches from scrap with pre-bent edge for two reasons. First, the break along the edge better resists warping. Second, in some places the pits were all the way around the edge.

I didn't have a piece the perfect width so I did this in two halves.

Top side cut open

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Here you can see how rough the lower edge was. This will be cut out later.

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Top side welded in. Bottom edge has now been cut out.

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Fitting the lower side patch. Here you can see the shape I used. Had to use two pieces on the bottom (depleted my scrap pile)

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First bottom piece welded in

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Little bit left to go... put the camera away too early... sorry.

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Also made a couple small patches to the face of the channel further to the left, no pics
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