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Why rear quarter work? Are you replacing the whole rear clip? Roof, back glass and all? Or are you leaving orig roof line and rear glass, in which case you need only the last 6 to 8 inches of rear deck? That's how i am gonna do this 75 convert i picked up recently. The only rear quarter issue is the last 3 to 4 inches of the quarters where the side of bumper cover is now. And u am thinking cut up a glass bumper or pull a mold off it to fab that small piece.
I'm keeping the original 79 roof line and rear glass. I was originally going to remove the 79 rear quarters at the bonding seam and separate the 69 rear quarters at the bonding seam and take the last 6 or 8 inches of the 69 rear deck with them and then bond/graft that onto my 79 but I've since decided given all the damage on the 69 clip's rear quarters around the wheel wells I'm going to do it as shown in the picture below:
So why not cut the last 2 feet off the clip so you don't have a whole half a car standing up in the back of the garage?
Oddly enough, I hadn't thought of that until you mentioned it.
I'll give some thought to it. I do think that now with the stand I made it is somewhat convenient to work on in the position its in. Not sure about rolling the last 2 feet of it around on the floor to work on it.
I'm keeping the original 79 roof line and rear glass. I was originally going to remove the 79 rear quarters at the bonding seam and separate the 69 rear quarters at the bonding seam and take the last 6 or 8 inches of the 69 rear deck with them and then bond/graft that onto my 79 but I've since decided given all the damage on the 69 clip's rear quarters around the wheel wells I'm going to do it as shown in the picture below:
i guess you need to run the slope forward like that. there is a contour to the bottom of the 79 rear quarter that runs back to the rear cast-in bumper guard on the bumper cover. and the earlier quarters don't have that. i am pondering doing a bolt-on version by fabbing a bumper cover that is a 68-73 tail panel. it'll take a bit of fudging on the side of the quarters to make that countour work and tack the front couple inches of bumper lip to the outside of the late-model quarter.
Oddly enough, I hadn't thought of that until you mentioned it.
I'll give some thought to it. I do think that now with the stand I made it is somewhat convenient to work on in the position its in. Not sure about rolling the last 2 feet of it around on the floor to work on it.
IMO it might be best to cut the whole thing down to a level that is comfortable for you to work at off the floor and then make your final cuts after all your prep work is completed. If you try and work off just two feet it will want to move around on you and be at a uncomfortable level to work on.
might make sense. cut 2 feet or so off the front and everything would be in reach. you could change positions around it without climbing down, move stand, climb back up...repeat ad nauseum.
I'm thinking I might want to retain the 69 rear clip whole until I'm ready to make the final cut to graft it to the 79. That way I can take measurements from the B pillar or lower corner door opening, etc. to make sure I cut it in the right place.
that makes sense too. i just shortened my donor clip today, but i can use the gas tank hole as a reference. yours is farther back cuz of the diff rear window. are you doing the front too, or waiting till one half is done before you decide whether or not to get in any deeper?
shows good on my white 75. it looks like that whole piece that tapers all the way to the fender flare is flat out added to the bottom of the earlier quarter. so one could probably cut it right off instead of figuring how to blend it into the add-on early model piece.
that makes sense too. i just shortened my donor clip today, but i can use the gas tank hole as a reference. yours is farther back cuz of the diff rear window. are you doing the front too, or waiting till one half is done before you decide whether or not to get in any deeper?
Yes, I'm doing the front as well. I'll be putting a 69 front clip on.
Originally Posted by derekderek
shows good on my white 75. it looks like that whole piece that tapers all the way to the fender flare is flat out added to the bottom of the earlier quarter. so one could probably cut it right off instead of figuring how to blend it into the add-on early model piece.
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I haven't decided how I'm going to address that yet. Probably just cut it off as you suggest.
If I were concerned about the taper at the bottom of the original quarters....I would take into consideration the rear inner splash shield of the original first....and then make my cuts so I do not loose the bond at his area of the original quarter panel....BUT...yet still have the cut be rearward of the splash shield so I can do my lamination of the two panels as needed. That difference in the two panels ...for me is not that big of a concern. BUT...I DO AGREE...if this area can be reduced to the smallest area that would need to be modified...then I would do that....but THAT would not be my primary concern.
I'm keeping the original 79 roof line and rear glass. I was originally going to remove the 79 rear quarters at the bonding seam and separate the 69 rear quarters at the bonding seam and take the last 6 or 8 inches of the 69 rear deck with them and then bond/graft that onto my 79 but I've since decided given all the damage on the 69 clip's rear quarters around the wheel wells I'm going to do it as shown in the picture below:
Take your time and mock it up in different ways to see which will work out best/NO Rush......I only had a short "clip" to graft on, so I will have to "deal" with the small inverted contour at the bottom of the quarter panel/no big deal--I need to learn how to work with fiberglass anyway (now If the PTSD will slack off )
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