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Old 08-05-2021, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben M. View Post
After watching you do yours... I'm confident with enough patience and practice I could totally do it. I'm sure your pictures of a bad quarter panel followed by a 95% done quarter followed by a ready for paint quarter panel took around 10+ hours of work that isn't reflected. And that you get better at it the more you try!
I have a '71 I need to fix the quarters on and your thread gives me confidence in my ability to learn and fix it and eventually paint it... provided my body holds up ;-)
Great work, that nose is amazingly well fit. I would almost say "better than factory" fit!
Thank you! I'm so glad to be able to help people like you with my detailed explanations and photos.
I know what you mean about body holding up. Doing those quarters killed my lower back by leaning over while sitting on a rolling stool for so many days. I bought a contraption that rolls while resting you your knees. It was better but I think I found a good solution in a new creeper I just bought. It's called the 2-up and both ends can tilt up allowing a sit just above the floor with back support and legs stretched out. I wished I had had this when doing the quarters.
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