Gerahead's 71 Dart

Even though I haven't posted much in the last week, I have been plinking away. Wiping off the undercoating left behind by the scraper, tweaking sheet metal, you know, stuff like that. I badly wanted to be ready to get started on the body work to prep for paint, picked up a gallon of primer over the weekend just so I would be ready to rock :occasion: I had noticed a couple of bubbles in the primer on the left lower rear quarter since I have had it up on the spinner. I pretty much knew what that would mean, but you know................maybe it isn't so bad. WRONG! There had been some cancer behind the wheel well and along the bottom of the quarter and instead of fixing it, the PO mudded over it, smoothed it and primed it to make it look pretty. I got a whole new meaning for skim coat..... in some places the filler is over 1/8" thick! I tried to get a pic of it in the last shot, but it is still hard to see. Wow! I have to give them credit, they did a good job of making is look pretty good. Kind of surprised it is such a hack job cuz it looks like it might have been a pretty well equipped shop because the rocker trim holes were brazed shut. There are a bunch of dents just in front of the wheel well and the flange between the 1/4 and the outer wheel house looks very solid so it really shouldn't be too tough a fix. It does look like the style line just above the wheel opening has kind of disappeared toward the front of the car, so it looks like I will have to replace more of the panel than just where the rust is. Time to dig into the wallet!!! I will have to dig (literally) into the same area on the other side to see what surprises might be waiting for me there. I hope that it isn't any worse.

I have seen many good comments on this forum about the AMD sheet metal, so I'm thinking that's the place to go. Where do you guys buy their stuff from? Any idea what shipping costs for a 1/4 skin? Just trying to get a ball park figure for the total. L8r

Jim