1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard

[L78_Nova]

Many many trial fits and small tweaks to the panel. Repeated small trimming on edges to sneak up on the fit. Working alone it was a challenge to wrestle this piece on and off. I honestly don't think I would be exaggerating if I guessed at close to 50 times. I made myself lots of tape notes so as not to forget anything when I came back to the project.

You can also see some areas where I did some metal work while the panel was off to have easy access to both sides. The panels had been stored unboxed for many years.



You can see the faux spot weld dimples along the bottom of the panel. These were actually aligned to the pre drilled holes in the trunk drop for plug welds.





Spot weld dimples were also placed along the edge of the sail panel at the drip rail. This section will be panel bonded rather than welded



Some work at the top leading edge of the panel to better align with the door fit



Window corner was tough, needed some persuasion to line up better to the stainless trim. Tried to minimize the filler in the window jamb. I had worked this area further prior to install (no photo).



Looooong road to this point... getting close to install