So after all the fun with the main floor patches, there were others. By the time I was done working on my knees replacing them, I became very familiar with the rockers and door jambs.
Something didn't look right with the paint by the scoops on the quarter so I started scratching surface.....then broke out the grinder......yup; 1/2" of filler sitting there.....
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No turning back at this point. Now it was a full-on restoration. Dug the mud out to find this.....never saw anything like it before. They cut a heal out of a donor car and tacked it right over the rot. Then the rot on the wheel opening had metal just ben around it and tacked in place. I can't even figure out what they welded it with! Doesn't look like Mig/Tig or gas.......almost looks like they stick welded it in place
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This was my first time doing any sort of sheet metal work so it was a learning experience to say the least. Especially not having a lot the tools to do it. Most of it was done with hammer and dolly, various object in the garage and mallet and shot bag. I did buy a cheap HF planishing hammer which was worth the investment to smooth the radiuss and hammer marks.
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The hardest part was the wheel opening since it was concave body line on a radius. Didn't have the ability to pull that one off so I broke it down in smaller sections that I could easily shape the curve and then work it in place as I tacked it in.