Since I finished metal repairs to the driver's quarter panel, I decided to take off the passenger side and start working on it.
Picture one shows the rotten bottom and rear corner, much worse than the other side. I have it marked where to cut out for the new steel patch panels.
Picture two shows the inside where it attaches to the rear panel. Someone took a torch and a drill to it to remove it from the car without much thought to putting it back together again.
Pics three and four show the bondo and screen wire holding this panel together.
Pic five shows the top of the panel just behind the side of the seat. It had cracked several inches down due to the fact that there was no support since the subrails were rotted and gone. It had been repaired by beating in the crack and brazing it and filling with bondo.
Pic six shows someone's idea of a brace to keep it from cracking again.
Pics seven and eight show the crack with the bondo and brass brazing ground out. You can't weld it back correctly without removing all the brass or the new weld won't stick. There is a large crack now that will have to be filled and welded now that it has the brass removed.
Pic nine shows the inside of the crack with the old brace removed and the inner panel welded back together to support the metal skin.
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