1972 Canadian H-Code 340 Dart Swinger Special Resto - Finally started!

Not where I liked to be by now Captain Canuck but trying to make some progress, get this quarter on then I can get it on the rotisserie. The AMD quarters are nice and straight and have good body lines but unfortunately have the two significant issues that they are an 1/8 inch short in length which causes a door gap issue and they are short in hight at the rocker. I measured them for length against my originals and they are without a doubt short. Hard to understand they would be like that and it would be nice to know if others could confirm that, I know Hemiorangeswinger had the same problem with his.

Tackled the wheel well gap problem today and "crap" that small problem took a lot of time to fix,
started by cutting the lip free from the tub and brought it down to meet the quarter,

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Then I made a couple of templates of the gaps so I could cut two pieces to fit that space on the tub and trunk drop, and welded them in

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Now they're close and will clamp together nicely for spot welding.

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