Well I got the body on a cart to move it around when needed and started on the sheetmetal work I wanted to do. The tail pan was not rusted but did have some bondo around the gas filler cap and a little around the drivers side tail light. I had the old tail pan off in like an hour. The Key is to predrill all the spot welds with a small bit then go behind with a good quality spot weld driller. I also cut the tail pan in 3 sections and once I had the welds cut behind the bumper and on the upper quarters I could just bend the pan down and the lower welds just poppped apart. Anyhow I have lightly blasted behind the tail pan to clean it up and remove any rust and then sprayed it with weld through primer. Check out how well the Goodmark pan fits with little to no hammering. Im not sure but I may do the mini tubs with the tail pan out so I can get inside the trunk easier. What do you guys think? The issues with the very minor quarter rust around the wheel housing lip will be easy to fix. I got some goodmark quarter skins for $25 each from the local goodmark guy and I will cut what I need from them to fix the rusted areas. After a good blasting the rust is not bad at all and should be easy to fix.
Mike
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