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Old 01-27-2022, 02:44 AM
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Default 1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard

RH Trunk Drop
So the trunk drop looks terrible before cleaning up but really only the bottom flange was really rusted. I had an NOS piece to use but I was quite certain I could save this with some creative fitting and grinding. At worst I would waste some time trying. The NOS drops were dear $$... and I do have other Novas.

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To save the beads, my plan was to weld in a replacement piece and grind out the backside where it overlapped the beads

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Replacement flanges were made, copied from the NOS originals

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