Quarter panel replacement

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I had a “body and paint” guy do some work on my car. He was supposed to straighten and prep body and paint it. However he did a crappy job. On the driver quarter he stacked layer upon layer of body filler. Not to mention that the body lines where no longer there. There were many other spots that needed attention as well. I decided to replace the quarter panel myself. It wasn’t as hard as I thought. I will also be doing the rest of the car as well. Be careful who you hire or deal with .

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Is the top photo the body shops finished work? That’s brutal. Did you see some of his work on other cars before letting him work on your car? Hopefully you didn’t pay a lot for that work.
I’d be concerned with the bottom most portions of the quarter panel you left on as it could have rust with lots of bondo ontop. It’s those lowest segments that have the most rust.
 
Is the top photo the body shops finished work? That’s brutal. Did you see some of his work on other cars before letting him work on your car? Hopefully you didn’t pay a lot for that work.
I’d be concerned with the bottom most portions of the quarter panel you left on as it could have rust with lots of bondo ontop. It’s those lowest segments that have the most rust.
I left the bottom portions because the lower quarter had no rust at all. He used filler on those portions because the center of the quarter was smashed in so I am thinking that he was trying to build that panel up. What gets me is that prior to him starting the work I offered to buy a quarter skin but he said not to worry because he could pull that out. Yes I saw pictures and some cars that he claims he did. No I didn’t pay $$. We were going to trade his work for my 67 Cuda 4spd project car and a back half 69 Cuda shell.Needless to say he didn’t get my 67.
 
This really sucks.
In the past I was facing the same thing as a ''friend'' agreed to do all of the bodywork and paint on a '71 Duster that I was fixing up.
I ended up re-doing almost all of the body work myself (with little experience then) and it turned out good overall.
Since then, I do my own bodywork and paint, and if it turns out lousy, I have no one to blame but myself........
Everything I've done since then turned out pretty good for an amateur.
 
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If the guy was a bodyman he must of turned it over to a helper trying to learn!!! Maybe someone had way too much Tequila!? Glad you got it going!
Like said that bottom of the quarter is bad to rust, but lots of these guys on FABO are from "up North" and don't realize not every old Mopar in Tx is a total pile of rust!! lol
 
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