Gerahead's 71 Dart

Well, it seems that there is a lot to cover since my last post. The biggest is that over the winter, my wife of over 38 years passed away. It was a very advanced case of gall bladder cancer. It has no symptoms and no way of screening for it. It was found during surgery for gall stones and less than 3-weeks later I was making funeral arrangements. Coupled with an unusually heavy work-related travel schedule, I have had to spend an awful lot of my 'free' time getting my head and my life back on some sort of normal plane. not to mention that the upper midwest seems to have been swallowed by the winter that will not end. :banghead::banghead:

Back to the project........... The gap I noted in the fitment of the DS quarterpanel to the taillight panel was caused by some very difficult to see bending of the taillight panel. I was able to massage it back into position with my BFH. I modified the trunk extension panel to include the opening for the evaporator venting assembly for the fuel system on the 71 models. Punched some holes for plug welds and dusted off the Lincoln and went to work on Saturday. I got the extension all burned in. There are a couple of the hard to reach welds on the rear side of the wheel house that are uglier than I am willing to settle for, so I still need to dress them down. Now, on to getting the quarter skin welded in. L8r