[Region Warrior]

Dont suppose you'd like to come to Indiana for a weekend.
My 67 needs qtr's.
You' guys have done in 2 days!

[67'7F6'Bird]

Hammered: Thanks for your Link! I enjoyed reviewing your pictures - Very Nice Car!!!

Region Warrior: You pay air fair and food - keep watching and you'll be able to do it your self.

We were very unhappy with the fit of the outer wheel well so I located both NOS outers and picked them up Saturday morning. Here are some photos of the wheel well lips major difference. I couldn't waste any more time on fitting the patches from repo to the exististing panel.

The pictures below are from left to right:

pic 1 ( NOS left )
pic 2 ( NOS bottom )
pic 3 ( NOS top )
pic 4 ( NOS top )

[67'7F6'Bird]

I initially had some reservations on cutting off the remainder good metal of the outer wheel well but it had to be done the right way with the best panel available. The pictures show how we cut off the outer wheel well. We are not going to install the inner lip of the NOS wheel well between the side supports and the inner wheel well - I dont see the need to cut into all the other metal, the old lip which is rust free will remain on the car. The NOS wheel well rotated right into place, the fit is so much better and the metal is noticably thicker too. We did get the quarter panel back on and there are no fitting issues. We are happy.

[esahlin]

Sweet job on scoring the NOS outer wheel wells.....Where did you find them so quick?? Amazingly, I can see from your pics that the stamping of the NOS is different than the Taiwan one.

Another suggestion before you weld on your quarter.....see the "hinge support" area for your trunk lid? See how that whole trunk lid hinge support mess there is kinda rusty......well now that you have decent access to it with the quarter and outer wheel well off and the tail panel......I would remove the rust there and Picklex it and epoxy prime it (if you have the spray gun etc). I spent alot of agonizing painful time laying in my trunk area trying to wire wheel the rusty trunk lid hinge and support pieces with both quarters already on the car. I just didnt have good access and did a poor job.

Also think about wire wheeling and treating the rust on the bottom of the package tray area....if you were laying in the trunk and stuck your head under the package tray area and looked up.....all that rust there. With the tail panel off and the quarters off it might be a good idea to get at all the rusty areas in the trunk treated/sanded/wire wheeled etc. No tail panel on the car makes it more comfortable to lay down in the trunk if needed.

Also, When you weld on the new outer wheel house to the inner ....there will be a gap there that is exposed inside the wheel well right above where the tire would be. You might want to consider using a good 1K or 2K seam sealer to fill that seam between the outer and inner. Most of the good seam sealers (not the brushable ones) can be applied over primed metal and can be painted over. I used the Fusor 800 1K sealer that can be used in a standard caulking gun.

[67'7F6'Bird]

Esahlin - I purchased the NOS wheel wells locally. I remembered I saw them forsale in a weekly publishing. I think Im going to give that job you mentioned to my brother, clean the underside of the package tray metal and rear valance panel. hahaha

I will get some of that seem seeler and give it a try. - Thanks.

I have posted the inner wheel well, cleaned and wiped with Picklex. I am now working on the underside of the the trunk floor near the trunk drop off. I need a suggestion on what special tool to use in getting in the tight spots there and below the inner wheel well especially in the seams - the wire wheel works well but I can't use it in those spots.. I do not want to sand blast. Has anyone tried soda blasting? I hear it works well but makes a mess. My brother has filled in all the spot welds on the trunk lip where the tail panel attaches. I like new panels so much better.

[esahlin]

I havent done any soda blasting so its a tough call on cleaning those areas and seams. Ive used paint remover on the painted areas that are hard to get at then it only takes light pressure from the wire wheel (on the end of an electric drill) to remove the paint that can be stubborn and hard to get at.

Those seams your talking about on the trunk above/near the drop down.....those are tough. I replaced that panel there (trunk extensions I believe they are called) with new. Since you have that roll bar welded to the bumper/tail panel brace that make things tough.....cause I would recommend just replacing that panel and the bumper support brace.....would be an easy job with how far apart your car is.....but that hefty roll bar welded to the bumper to trunk to tail panel brace makes things complicated.

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