1971 swinger replacing 1/4 panel finally

-
boombeartree

boombeartree

Active Member
Joined
May 26, 2018
Messages
26
Reaction score
27
Location
maryland
I'm finally getting around to replace the 1/4 panels on my swinger. I replaced the left side about 3 years ago and then life got in the way for awhile. I started working on it again today. I got the old panel off so far and repair some of the rusty metal under the panel.
20200823_105313.jpg
Had to mow the grass around it to start working on it.
20200823_105341.jpg

bad little trees growing up in the car.
20200823_105350.jpg

that fender was a color test for the paint i wanted a nice medium green so john deree green it is :p
20200823_105324.jpg

bad rust stop that
20200823_105332.jpg

extra points if you can know what rear end that is :p
20200823_124739.jpg
a few air hammer beats later (back of my brothers head and his son was here helping me too)
20200823_160501.jpg
inside fender well a little rusty on the edges so some miata front fenders to the rescue
20200823_160445.jpg

looks much more structurally
20200823_165442.jpg

and a little piece in the back and that's all we got done today it's not plan to rain for the next 4 days so hopefully i have a new 1/4 by then. because as you can see i have to work outside. thanx for reading if you have any questions about the car feel free to ask.
 
Man its tough doing that kind of work outside, especially in this weather. What part of MD are you in?
 
boombeartree said:
I'm in California MD it was only like 87 yesterday.
Click to expand...

Really? Im in Leonardtown, were neighbors. Sweet, a big block sleeper.
I might have my swinger ready for the MIR show this year. I kinda lost momentum on it the past couple months because of the heat.
 
MoparMike1974 said:
Really? Im in Leonardtown, were neighbors. Sweet, a big block sleeper.
I might have my swinger ready for the MIR show this year. I kinda lost momentum on it the past couple months because of the heat.
Click to expand...
nice i work in leonardtown do you go to the arby's car meet on Wednesdays in leonardtown?
 
It was raining last night 8/24/20 so i didn't get a lot done on the car boo working outside.
 
Nice work keep it up, the pics remind me of my car when I "started it" the body work project. keep at it, it will get done,as it gets closer youll wonder how it ever got as far as it did...
 
Dartswinger70 said:
Nice work keep it up, the pics remind me of my car when I "started it" the body work project. keep at it, it will get done,as it gets closer youll wonder how it ever got as far as it did...
Click to expand...
yep im fine with all the mech work but im pretty new with this body work stuff. So i just have to keep at it. I love the mech work that's why i built the engine 68 newport 383 2 bbl to start with now it has forged flat top pistons, fully ported 516 casting heads, roller rockers, cam from comp cams, long tube headers from a b body cut to fit into a dart. i have had the car for about 15 years now and it pretty much always need the 1/4 replaced.
 
Got a little bit of work in yesterday 8/25/2020 trimed up the 1/4 panel to flange for the new panel and painted some of the bare metal. and started sanding the rest of the paint off. would have made a lot more sense to do this before i cut the old panel off :p oops.
20200825_192111.jpg

oh and these are the wheels i want to use i only have 2 so if you know of any let me know. they are off a 2003-2004 mustang mach 1
1598445129492.jpg
 
got the panel flange last night 8/26/2020. wielded in some box to strengthen the edge and got the rest of the old paint of the 1/4
20200826_181954.jpg

trying for tonight to get the panel spot wielded on
 
no pics today 8/27/2020 got interrupted by rain got some of the 1/4 panel trimmed to fit the car last night hopeful to get it on tonight.
 
got a lot of work done this weekend got the panel welded to the car
20200830_133318.jpg

20200830_162138.jpg

then got some filler on it
20200830_164703.jpg

got some more filler on it but the pic didn't turn out right :p
It's going to rain here for the next few days so i might not get to work on it some more until Wednesday hoping to have the car in primer by the end of next weekend.
 
Looking good! Cover that sucker with a good tarp and keep moisture way from that filer till it cures and you can get it covered with a good primer.
Working outside is a challenge, been there, done it.
 
barbee6043 said:
Looking good! Cover that sucker with a good tarp and keep moisture way from that filer till it cures and you can get it covered with a good primer.
Working outside is a challenge, been there, done it.
Click to expand...
Yea i cover it every night with the cover from the Tent/sun shade we have. It's coming along nicely got a lot of work done in a week so far (about 20 hours between my brother and me and our dad still give advice on what we are doing wrong).
 
here is what i ended Sunday with didn't get to work on the car today 8/31/2020 was raining and was helping a buddy with his 302 miata.
20200830_183140.jpg

and one of my cat's even helped at the end of the day from Friday
thumbnail.jpg
 
I did some shopping yesterday 9/1/2020 since it was raining again looking for some primer and paint. weather looks goof today should get some more work done tonight.
 
I have a shop to work in and I cannot find the time to finish.

I am running the same wheels on my Dart

IMG_5530.JPG
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
-

Back
Top