It never seems to end. Adjust door gaps till my head is about to explode! So I get the rest of the front end sheet metal installed, including the hood, and nothing wants to line up. The gaps that I thought I had dialed-in on the passenger side doors are going to need adjusted again. … Continue reading Body Panel Alignment Nightmares – Part 1
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Passenger Front Door-Fender Gap
Sometimes on these old cars, the door gaps can be pretty un-even straight from the factory. Many restorations don’t even address this, and just leave them alone… but I want the car to look better than that. Now is the time to fix those issues, and it costs me nothing but my time, so might… Continue reading Passenger Front Door-Fender Gap
Passenger Front Fender Rust Repair
The passenger front fender had some rust popping out down low that needed repaired. Yes this is still that awful fender that I should have thrown in the trash long ago. It came from the silver Biscayne parts car and was pretty wasted… but, lack of finding a replacement locally had forced me to repair… Continue reading Passenger Front Fender Rust Repair
Passenger Front Door Bodywork
Started doing the bodywork on the passenger front door. This door was pretty well beaten! If I had access to more parts cars, I’d have preferred to replace the door, but that wasn’t an option so I did a rust repair patch on the lower rear corner and knocked out the dings. I also decided… Continue reading Passenger Front Door Bodywork