72 TA : New Project

[njsteve]

Some more recent progress on the car. They are hanging the doors and pre-aligning the front end sheet metal. Looks like a whole lotta block sandin' going on.

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Some work on the right side trunk to rear quarter seam. Looks like he didn't like the taper to the gap, so he cut and rewelded the edge section to get it straight.

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The rear, lower, tail panel area, after the dented section was undented and welded back in.

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Here's an underside shot of the smoothed out trunk floor repair. Ready for the red oxide primer.

[njsteve]

The passenger side lower rear quarter had a rust hole in the lower section behind the wheelwell. Since I didnt want to be worrying about what exactly was inside there for the next 20 years, Enoch did the right thing and cut the outer skin off in an example of automotive exploratory surgery.

I'm glad he did, since the trunk extension was very scaly and needed to have a good sized area replaced, even though it looked perfect from the outside. He ended up using pieces from the donor quarter I bought for the drivers side front quarter repair and a reproduction Camaro passenger side trunk extension, to make an accurate repair.

The outer skin repair comes next.

[njsteve]

I stopped by the shop today to drop off the rear window trim so the panel between the trunklid and rear window can be aligned exactly. Here are some current shots. It is starting to look more and more like a car.