Test fit the quarters......
 

We test fit the quarters for the first time tonight. They are from AMD. They are nice and thick metal. First impressions are that they fit pretty well.

Stupid Facebook creates it's own link again for the first pictures and won't work right on here because it doesn't end in in the actual file extension.

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The doors are still on and adjusted to fit the rockers and stock quarters (prior to cutting them off). We put the decklid on and it fit pretty well, but the driver's side gap was too wide. It was being held out by the tail panel. So out comes the spot weld drill to take apart that side of the tail panel. At the end of the night everything was sheet metal screwed together and fitting fairly well (for a test fitting!)

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Seeing the quarters on gives me a bit of a false sense of progress, but it's a step in the right direction.

Off to bed - it's late and I have to get up early for work!

Love seeing you save this nova, keep up the great work.

Looking good Brandon!! Just remember any progress is good progress!

Brandon glad to hear that the aftermarket parts fit good,gone to be a very nice car:thumbsup:

Awesome job Brandon. Glad to see you are saving it. How is the firewall, cowl, rust wise?

I love the frame table. I wish I had one of those. I got a big laugh out of your daughter recognizing one side had 12 spot welds and the other side didn't. Makes you wonder what the guy at the factory was thinking/doing when he installed it. I wonder if was an early Monday morning or late Friday car?

I guess I would say they fit better than I expected - so far. That being said, my expectation is still to have to "gap" everything. I don't know how OEM replacement sheet metal fit on these cars and I'm not willing to pay the price to find out! - - -my guess is that the trimming was a little more accurate and there were fewer die marks etc. The quarters don't have anything drastic enough that a little hammer and dolly work and some high build primer won't allow us to block out.

That sounds great,love these cars:thumbsup:

Great work. Glad to hear the parts are fitting well.

I got the tail panel welded back together and fit up. Then I blew it all back apart so that could prepare the inner structure for final assembly of the back of the car.

I rolled it outside, blasted the rear inner structure. While I was at it I blasted some other parts that I know are staying - dash and inner roof structure. After getting it all cleaned up, I sprayed it with Southern Polyurethane Epoxy primer.

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It will be a nice feeling knowing all the metal is new or sealed up, I can't say the same about mine. Progress is looking great!

What blaster did you use?