68' Chevy II build thread

[Crossbreed383]

Well, It would appear I'm the worst at updating my own thread but will try to get back to it.
The car is actually a lot further along but I'm going to still bore everyone with the process pics anyhow
So in my last post I had mentioned early on about the hidden issues .
When I took off the right rear taillight I noticed it didn't fit well in the taillight panel.
I also had mentioned this was the 1st( and last !) car I have ever bought sight unseen.
It seems the car had been hit in the right rear and there was overlapping metal visible when looking at the right rear quarter from inside the trunk. It looks like it was hit diagonally in the quarter at an angle and it pushed the quarter, taillight about a 1/4" forward, and put a nice vertical split in the quarter panel around 10" long . The fix appeared to be pounding the metal in and then applying some, ok , a ton of Bondo to make it look presentable . The fact everything was pushed slightly forward explained the slight overlap in the metal .Ughhhhh
So at this point I needed to decide if I was going to replace the quarter or try to fix it .
Since this car came out of the West Coast and was about as rust free as a 50yr old car can be I decided to try and spend some time fixing the quarter.
I lost some pics along the way but here is a pic of the quarter after welding the gap shut and starting to do some hammer and dolly work.