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Old Apr 25, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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Anybody out their ever replace or repair a bird cage I need your help.
I have a 1970 coupe that needs to have bird cage repaired or replaced do to heavy rust around the windshield and at bottom of pillars.I have a complete bird cage that I have aquired of a 72 in excellent shape.Wondering how I would go about remouving body panels.
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I think I would try to do the entire rear clip before trying to seperate and re-bond the body panels
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You need to go here. http://www.mcspeed.homestead.com/Photo_Gallery.html

This guy has done it three times.

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Originally Posted by Big Fish
I think I would try to do the entire rear clip before trying to seperate and re-bond the body panels


Just but the VIN rivets and swap rear clips. You will be way ahead. There is a lot of work in repairing that lower stuff.
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