1972 Canadian H-Code 340 Dart Swinger Special Resto - Finally started!
Haven't posted much up lately decided to move back on the body to get that ready for paint ASAP. The fenders needed some more detail on the bodywork and since I had them in just Epoxy they needed the same coats of high build primer so they can be blocked out. Undercoated the inside with Pro-form rubberized rock guard the same as the were but painted over that (forgot to take pics of the paint) since raw rock guard or undercoating will cling onto road grime and eventually just stay dirty looking.
Unfortunately a bunch of the captive nuts on the front of the fenders were dissolving away over the decades, I don't know how common this is but my bud Kev (Scatpacker) came to my rescue and brought me a handful of them the car farm.
I installed them just using a bolt and washer and a nut and pulled them onto the panel until they grabbed on, thanks again Kev.
Then I got to hanging all the panels, except the hood since I know the front end sheet metal fits, so everything lines up correctly before I start blocking it all out,
This is kind of the last opportunity to find any fitment issues and correct them before blocking it all out. Unfortunately when I replaced the quarter panels I forgot to test fit the rear valance and it doesn't fit very good on both sides,
the AMD sheet metal did give me some fits with fitment and I'm not sure whether I could have done much since the trunk drops didn't allow me to move the bottom of the quarters any more then they are. So the fix will have to be, and likely would have been, to do some cutting and altering the valance which is the easier panel to work on. Just wish I had of spotted this before I did all the body work and priming the darn thing, the front won't give me this problem since the front end sheet metal is all original.
Tomorrow out comes the body saw and the welder.
Haven't posted much up lately decided to move back on the body to get that ready for paint ASAP. The fenders needed some more detail on the bodywork and since I had them in just Epoxy they needed the same coats of high build primer so they can be blocked out. Undercoated the inside with Pro-form rubberized rock guard the same as the were but painted over that (forgot to take pics of the paint) since raw rock guard or undercoating will cling onto road grime and eventually just stay dirty looking.
Unfortunately a bunch of the captive nuts on the front of the fenders were dissolving away over the decades, I don't know how common this is but my bud Kev (Scatpacker) came to my rescue and brought me a handful of them the car farm.
I installed them just using a bolt and washer and a nut and pulled them onto the panel until they grabbed on, thanks again Kev.
Then I got to hanging all the panels, except the hood since I know the front end sheet metal fits, so everything lines up correctly before I start blocking it all out,
This is kind of the last opportunity to find any fitment issues and correct them before blocking it all out. Unfortunately when I replaced the quarter panels I forgot to test fit the rear valance and it doesn't fit very good on both sides,
the AMD sheet metal did give me some fits with fitment and I'm not sure whether I could have done much since the trunk drops didn't allow me to move the bottom of the quarters any more then they are. So the fix will have to be, and likely would have been, to do some cutting and altering the valance which is the easier panel to work on. Just wish I had of spotted this before I did all the body work and priming the darn thing, the front won't give me this problem since the front end sheet metal is all original.
Tomorrow out comes the body saw and the welder.
