With the panel off the quarter window post will be easy to correct.
While waiting for the replacement rocker piece and required trip to the wrecker in Fargo for the interior panel (fingers crossed), continued with stripping the roof and melting out the lead. Previous paint at some point included a very aggressive stripping job... lots of coarse gouges which will add some work later (If I only knew
).
Carefully pulled apart the roof seam and drip rail. Anyone that has done this job knows it is quite difficult to release what are a few layers of sandwiched and spot welded pieces. Including drilling out welds and folding back some of the interior bracing to get the old panel loose (to be later coerced back into place and welded once the new panel is in position.
The tail panel had medium-heavy bondo and needed to go as well. Digging in looks like the rear corner had taken a light bump at some point. The RH side of the trunk flange needed a little straightening.
