Project "Therapy Sessions" 1972 Maverick

I have tried that. I just can't get it to look right. To me anyway.

 

If it's not right to you - then it's not right!

 

So I started this weekends adventure by making this little patch. For some reason on Mavericks this seems to be a very common rust area? Right at the bottom of the door jamb, Odd place if you ask me.



With the welds ground down.....




After that I finished welding in the new outer wheel house patch I made. Another very common issue.



New extension for the bottom of the wheel house.



I ground all the welds and prepped them for a two coats of DP90 epoxy. But before I did the epoxy I like to do a quick sand blast of the welds to make sure all the contamination id gone.






I have this little vacuum sand blaster for doing just this type of job and still not make a big mess. I bought this used for $100 when a body shop went out of business. I love this thing!



Sanded and ready for the DP



And with the DP....



Drop off installed for the last time....




Quater panel on and fully welded in place! Boy that feels good.







I still need to go back and grind all the welds, and seam seal where needed. But that is for another day.

Glenn

 

looks great! Is that an NOS quarter?

 

I see the remains of an aftermarket quarter panel laying there on the floor. You are going to be soooooo much happier with replacing the whole thing the way you did!!

Yes it is.

 

Funny thing Craig, I am using those old panels as patches for my outer wheel house. They work perfect for that. An expensive way to go I presume, but since I already had them, why not?

 

Yes it is. Thanks to Craig I was able to locate a matching pair!

 

I think i saw those on Ebay, if i remember right the seller wanted 6 or $700 for each side, one was in red primer and the other appeard to be black, VERY NICE OEM panels. And it's the only way to go IF you can find them.

Very nice work nut, cant wait to see them marker lights lit up when the sun is setting.

 

Looks amazing.. Hope mine looks half that good when I get the peices welded on.

 

Vry nice work! I am inquisitive as to how is the QP welded to the whlhousing? Is it spot welded frm the outside?

 

Awesome as always! I am amazed at your body work skills. That kinda work would take me days at a time.

 

No it is not. I had a few option here.

1, I could spot weld them. But I don't have a spot welder. A friend offered his up for use. But I would have had to trailer the car over to his shop. Didn't seem to be worth the effort.

2, Use a panel bond two part adhesive. I elected not to go that route, for no particular reason. On the plus side of that was it would have made the wheel house/ quart seam water tight. The two panels needed to fit real tight to do that, and as good as mine fit, I wasn't comfortable with it.

3, Just plain old mig plug welds. This is the way I went. It was the easiest to do as I already had everything else to plug weld.

The only thing I did use the panel bond was the seam where the quarter and the rocker meet. Too hard to weld properly. So this will now create a nice water tight seam.

 

I appreciate the compliment. Keep in mind though, this is what I spent fifteen years doing as a main career. Before I got into the tech thing with the paint company. I still love to keep my hands doing this stuff on the side. At least two cars a year for other people.

 

Nice!! I can't wait to get back in the garage.

 

You are correct, one red and one black pair. Somehow I missed it when they were on live. Craig tipped me off to them after the fact. I emailed the guy who then called me. He had wanted $1200 for the pair. We came to an agreement we could both live with. He was a true gentlemen.

The parts were just like he said they were, near perfect. He also worked with me as I arranged transportation. Shipping two quarters would have been real expensive. Lucky for me I was able to find someone going down to his area for a car show. That guy picked them up for me and brought them home in his car trailer for me for $50!!