Crunched rear quarter panel - help

Crunched rear quarter panel :-(

Well, last night it happened: less than 4 weeks with our Maverick and I backed into a brick mailbox and put a big crunch in the driver rear quarter panel of a perfect, original, 74K mile body.

I worked in a body shop during high school (summer job) and I'm pretty sure this particular damage will require: a) a LOT of work to straighten out, or b) a new rear quarter panel.

I will post pictures for specific advice tonight (I couldn't stand to go look at it this morning.)

In the meantime, does anyone have photos of REPLACING an entire rear quarter panel? I probably wont attempt this myself, I just want to see where the cuts are made and generally how the process works/looks.

Thanks

 

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Those links might help, but all you can buy for a Maverick is a quarter panel skin, which is just the flat sides, not much of the edges.

 

So I need to cut off from another car...any idea about how much I need and or where to make my cuts???

 

Lets see some pic's! If it's anything involving the section behind the quarter panel extensions..then your looking for a donor car, or a good body man.
This is a Maverick quarter skin:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mave...tZVintageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

 

Here you go my friends...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/klynam/sets/72157624426668932/detail/

 

Looks like you got it handled...Nice job!!!

 

Nice Work! Good thing it was in the flat side, not behind the extension.

 

Thx guys - last coat of filler went on tonight - I'll knock that down tomorrow and hopefully put the final glazing putty on - with some luck I'll be primered by wed night - at that point I'll decide if I'm going to attempt the paint or take it to a shop - in the meantime I'm also doing the fuse panel replacement (and of course still chasing down the overheating problem) - no rest for the weary...

 

Good job, You took the bull by the horns and won.

 

I certainly have the bull by the horns but I'm not sure who's winning just yet

 

You did take the bull by the horns and did a nice job. Since we are zillions of miles apart I cant paint it for you, but wish I could.

 

Good job! And dig those blue dots in the tail lights!

 

Well done. I went through the same thing last year, not a happy feeling...

 

Well - the tides have turned. Once I got the filler smoothed out and such it became obvious how not-so-good my bodywork skills are. Looks like I'm going to take it to a shop for the final work...hate to spend the money but I'm just afraid I'll really screw it up from this point on...