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02-23-2022, 12:32 PM
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Looking good Mitch!
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02-25-2022, 01:58 AM
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Brought my spot welder home from work yesterday and got the rear brace to trunk floor flange welded today.
  41 welds should hold that panel in place...   Then I cleaned up the mig welds with a disc and went over everything with wax and grease remover and hit it twice with the galvanized zinc paint to prevent rust.  
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Mitch 1970 Chevelle SS 1966 Chevelle SS 1967 Camaro ss/rs 1938 Business coupe, street rod 2000 FXSTS, original owner, 13k miles
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03-06-2022, 02:10 AM
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I'm running out of excuses to not install the q-panel. I'm apprehensive about screwing this up and am procrastinating terribly. I decided to waste some time and spot welded the bumper reinforcement to the panel.
  After that I couldn't come up with anymore things I needed to do before removal and final prep, so I removed it and did more sanding off of paint in areas that will get welded. I cleaned all the weld thru primer off and painted the bracket and then it was time. No more excuses...  I brought a tube of bonding glue home from work for the drip rail and got that all set up and applied a small bead to both the panel and car and put the panel in place. Once I had it where I thought it was good, I clamped the rail to compress the glue. Well, the panel slid forward and eliminated the gap at the door...  I removed the clamps, reposition the panel and then used drill screws to hold the panel in place and re-clamped the drip edge.     The frame/body tech at work said I had 60 minutes to move the panel around before the glue would start setting and 90 minutes until it wouldn't move at all. I had the panel firmly screwed and clamped in place in 15 minutes and it was noon, so I went in for an extended lunch of 90 minutes. When I came back out, I spot welded the B pillar while constantly checking the door gap.  Door still closed nice with a good gap, so welded the bottom flange to the rocker.  Proceeded to weld the inner reinforcement/latch panel to the inner structure.  The door now closes with a slight push from about an inch open. With the bad misalignment before, that door needed a bit of a slam to get to close. Very happy with the fit.  Moved on to the roof seam and welded that all up.  As always, drill screws and clamps for a tight fit.   I still need to do the welding to the inner structure inside, but that will require a bit of persuasion to get tight and I don't want to disturb the glue for 72 hours, so is for a later date.  Likewise with the welding at the bottom to the rocker inside the quarter structure. That is always a pita and I was making good progress on the outside, so skipped that until I do the roof.  So, changed out the ends on the spot welder to do the wheel house.   
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Mitch 1970 Chevelle SS 1966 Chevelle SS 1967 Camaro ss/rs 1938 Business coupe, street rod 2000 FXSTS, original owner, 13k miles
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03-06-2022, 02:24 AM
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Nice work! Wish I had that selection of tools...I will be doing quarters and outer wheelhouses on my '68 next winter.
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