A 1974 Duster - My 2nd one, 41 years later!
Passenger door flat and straight blocked with 180, ready for epoxy coat.
IMG_4322 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
It is amazing how "not straight" this new welded in Quarter panel is. Needed some All-Metal filler here. It will be straight after sanding...and sanding. I am NOT happy with the way the 1/4 panel body line, lines up with the door body line , don't like the rear gap either. You can see in the above pic that the front gap is just a bit pinched or tighter in the front down low. I will see if I can raise the door slightly and also move it back slightly, see what that does. Otherwise I will be cutting into the 1/4 panel to move the body line down just slightly and welding it back. Gotta get some primer on it so I can see whats going on exactly. It's always something.
IMG_4321 by Alexl5280, on Flickr
Passenger door flat and straight blocked with 180, ready for epoxy coat.
It is amazing how "not straight" this new welded in Quarter panel is. Needed some All-Metal filler here. It will be straight after sanding...and sanding. I am NOT happy with the way the 1/4 panel body line, lines up with the door body line , don't like the rear gap either. You can see in the above pic that the front gap is just a bit pinched or tighter in the front down low. I will see if I can raise the door slightly and also move it back slightly, see what that does. Otherwise I will be cutting into the 1/4 panel to move the body line down just slightly and welding it back. Gotta get some primer on it so I can see whats going on exactly. It's always something.
