1971 Chevelle repair

[Too Many Projects]

First thing this morning, I removed the rear window trim and went to cut the butyl seal with a hand cutter. Hmmm....when did the factory go to urethane ? That "stuff" is waaay harder to cut. Took me an hour...








Once the glass was out, I ground out the spot welds on the window channel. Doing it this way leaves the material below much better than drilling.








Finally time to remove the solder and spot welds at the roof seam. I save this for last, because I dislike this step. The solder is easy, but the panels were brazed at the ends too, which requires a lot more heat to melt. I did drill these spot welds, as the roof skin is over the quarter and I need a hole to plug weld back to.
But I did prevail and the quarter is removed.
From this point, this isn't much different than an extensive restoration, as most of the nasty, bent, stuff is off.

The frame does have a twist that we will need to take out, but the shop owner wanted the quarter off to eliminate any stress it was placing on the frame.