Thread: 1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
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Old 03-18-2022, 07:01 PM
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Default 1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
As the wire wheel stripping continued a few not-surprising pinholes were found along the lower Windshield flange. This is after picking at it pretty aggressively to find any soft spots.

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Repaired this in two sections using patch pieces with a 90 degree break along the upper edge (trimmed to about 3.32" deep) to help minimize distortion (from welding) along the leading edge of the dash.

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If you look closely at the top edge you can see the radius where the patch panel was bent inward.

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Fitting the second patch

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And the finished repair

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