Aaron's 76 Type LT Project

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Sorry, no pics, but I spent the better part of Sunday doing more welding, grinding and polishing on the 1/4 panel. That thing is secured in place in any case. I'll get some pics tonight, although not much has changed as far as appearances go. I will begin work on the pass side 1/4 this weekend though. Hopefully that will go a little faster than the driver side.

I tweeked my right knee somehow and sat out all of Saturday to try and rest it. I have no idea what I did, I woke up early last week and my knee was killing me. Couldn't bend it back all the way but can straighten it, so it's not a torn ligament or tendon. Must have sprained it somehow. I guess I am getting old

1-27-2011

Some boring pics of the 1/4 panel welded into place. I need to touch up the roof panel-to-1/4 panel welds but all the welds are done, ground down and polished up.  

I'll start on the passenger side 1/4 this weekend. I plan on taking more pics this time around to detail the whole process for future reference.

1-30-2011

I cleaned up the welds along the roof-to-1/4 seam and added another row of welds. I mainly wanted to create a nice foundation for the body filler to go over, although it added some more strength along that seam



I filled in the seams along the window channel and smoothed them out. I also added some metal with the MIG to that back edge to help when it comes time to add filler. It's obviously still rough, but you get the idea.  





Aaaaaaaaand now she's turned the other way so I can start working on the pass side panel



You can see a few reasons why this panel has to go. There is filler on the upper section too, so this 1/4 is pretty much shot





I plan on hanging the door and doing all my measurements today. I'll try and start removing the old 1/4 if time allows.

1-30-2011

I was able to hang the pass side door and get the gap sized up. Using the engine hoist really is helpful - like having a really strong friend.



I decided to write the trunk lid-to-1/4 gap measurements right on the trunk lid. I saw a few others do this and it makes sense. With the exception of the very top corner, all the gaps were 1/8". The trunk lid has a little bump at the top corner so the gap was 3/32". I have some room to move the lid to the left some to achieve a 3/16" gap on both sides, assuming the new gap remains at 1/8".



Not sure this will work or not, but I decided to mark the edge of the 1/4 at the top and bottom under the trunk lid. I figure if I can get the new 1/4 close to or right at these marks, then I know I am close. I still took measurements just in case.





I drew some reference lines where the 1/4 and rocker meet and marked the gaps on the rocker



Here's round one of the 1/4 panel removal



There's that damn screwdriver!