68′ Firebird project

From over 10 years ago, I never finished the weld inside the door jam of the passenger quarter panel. There is a thicker backing plate that gives the quarter panel more structural support when the door is shut. Before it wobbled slightly when shutting the door. To finished this, I drilled several holes into the door jam area, then clamped [...]

Today was all about the trunk lid. I’m not sure if the new quarter panels didn’t line up perfect but I believe the trunk lid was always sticking up about a 1/4” on the corner. I was going to grind down the metal plate that attached to the inside of the trunk lid because it seemed thick enough. But instead [...]

I sanded the last layer of body putty spread but still realized 2 spots that were slightly low. Another layer was added and sanded today to finally complete this. I was debating if it I should’ve just replaced this panel and weld in a new one. I’d guess the amount of time and effort to weld in a new panel [...]

Even though I pulled out the dent quite a bit in the rear panel on the passenger side, the body putty fill was still quite a bit of work. The past few days I put on several layers of body putty. It was quite a bit but I’m also not the most efficient on body work. Here is a photo [...]

I now have most of the large body putty fills completed except one last dent in the rear panel underneath the bumper. I decided to try pulling the it out as much as possible first. Below shows the large dent. I decided to try using my stud welder from my work. They make these specifically for body work to weld [...]

Today I installed the rear window. It was removed to weld in the driver side quarter panel that went up along the window and to weld in a new panel in between the trunk lid and window. I started by cleaning up the surface with lacquer thinner and a rag. The window was was cleaned with soap and water, followed [...]