[esahlin]

The "come along" deal would only work if you were going to replace both quarters and the tail panel.

[67'7F6'Bird]

Hello Esahlin - Thanks for the "come along" tip;

We plan on using the panel adhesive in a few locations. I did get the adhesive, the gun, and there is a special going on until June 30th for a "Lord Fusor Spray Gun" which sprays wheel well spray/sound deadening material and seam sealer - you get the $224.00 gun for $59.00 when you purchase 6 tubes of the material - each cylinder is about $16.00. I thought it was a good deal and wanted to pass it along, I went to my local paint supply store to get it. They couldnt believe it until they called their Lord Fusor Rep.

I am undecided on changing the tail-panel for now, I did inspect the passenger quarter panel more closely and it is very much usable, it would need 2 small patches one in front of the wheel opening and one behind, the rest is rust free and solid. As far as the seems in the inner wheel wells in the trunk area; they too are in great shape - Im glad for that.

Are there any crucial measurments to take into consideration before we start the welding? I just don't want to forget anything. We have compared the front window pillar to the end of the quarter and its spot on. We also measure from the inner leaf spring to the lower rear part of the panel and it matches the untouched passenger side. The window chrome was placed on and here are some pictures.

[esahlin]

Since your welding your new quarter to the original outer wheel house, original roof and original tail panel you should be fine without worrying about measurements. I know there is a Camaro book out there that lists all the measurements and tolerances but I dont know which book it is. If you feel the need you could ask over on the Camaro board......someone there will know.

Yeah, that is a good deal for the Fusor stuff!

[esahlin]

This upcoming responses in this thread might be of some interest if you are going to play with the pass qtr and tail panel.

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=110808

[67'7F6'Bird]

Hello Esahlin,

You guessed it right with your last response. We started to cut out the small patches on the passenger quarter panel and low and behold just more rust. The car now is getting all rear panels replaced. It looks like the only panel which will stay is the lower inner panel which sits behind the tail panel.

The camaro forum has been very helpful. There seem to be hundreds of people online in the body forum all the time. Great resource of information.

I did go to Home Depot today and got the ratcheting straps. We'll get these gaps in line one way or another.

We have trial fitted the tail panel and it needs some tweaking.

Photos to follow.

[67'7F6'Bird]

The passenger side quarter will remain on until we are comfortable with the other panel alignment. We have installed small sheet metal screws to easily reference the known good attachment points on the drivers side quarter panel; this helps in keeping everything easy to install, re-install, re-install, re-install you get the idea.

[67'7F6'Bird]

Here we are inspecting and guarding the tail panel. It was ordered through Frank Pontiac Parts. The box was labeled "The Parts Place" - I was told by Frank that The Parts Place originally manufactured these and the tooling is now used by other venders.