Quarter panel patch low budget style
04-06-2013, 11:03 PM
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Quarter panel patch low budget style
Just to get some more action in here I'm posting up some pics of my Pontiac quarter patch I did today. No money to buy the panels I need to fix it correctly and tired of it looking like hell while I wait for money I decided I'm going to piecemeal it together the best I can with fenders. I have two old fenders of the same approximate gauge sheetmetal and I have welding wire and grinding discs so it's free and I think it looks way better.
The car is pretty ate up but not the worst out there. I'm working on the big hole.
I also wanted to get some of the holes on the body line, the ones I only had to weld shut.
So I cut a big chunk of steel off my K5 fender and pressed it on a pipe to shape it.
After shaping and cutting out the hole more I got it in. Flux core as is my usual.
Ground smooth and waiting to dry for primer.
Primed up. One piece at a time, I'll get to those smaller holes.
It's not perfect, but it is workable. Even just not seeing the window regulator from outside makes it worth it for me.
The car is pretty ate up but not the worst out there. I'm working on the big hole.
I also wanted to get some of the holes on the body line, the ones I only had to weld shut.
So I cut a big chunk of steel off my K5 fender and pressed it on a pipe to shape it.
After shaping and cutting out the hole more I got it in. Flux core as is my usual.
Ground smooth and waiting to dry for primer.
Primed up. One piece at a time, I'll get to those smaller holes.
It's not perfect, but it is workable. Even just not seeing the window regulator from outside makes it worth it for me.
