OneStopRestoration's Special Orange 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Coupe

[chevyman0429]

Yea fantastic job thanks for sharing with us. Getting ready to tear into mine both quarter panels I hope they go as good as yours did.

[Too Many Projects]

Yes, very nice work. The one tool you may want to consider adding to your collection is a spot welder. It works so nice in the wheel wells and trunk drops, returns as you call them, as well as many other areas with the complete tooling kit. This is the inside tongs for wheel house flanges. No grinding of a plug weld to clean up.





Once I have the panel fitted, I mark and remove the edp and any other paint where I want the welds.

[OneStopRestoration]

I have seen those Mitch. Ive considered it but I like being able to clamp panels together with vise grips and do the plug welds. The ones GM used were strong enough to basically act vise grips. Over the years ive become proficent at getting my plug welds to look like spots. Doesnt always work, and when it doesnt i grind and then go back and create dimple that looks like a spot. Ive also noticed unless you buy a professional large unit they wont create the large deformed dimples along the bottom and up the back of the rockers the factory did.

[OneStopRestoration]

Originally Posted by chevyman0429

Yea fantastic job thanks for sharing with us. Getting ready to tear into mine both quarter panels I hope they go as good as yours did.

They normaly dont fall into place. I start with the door gap and then work my way back. I probably pull the quarter on and off the car 20 to 30 times before i do a final install and clamp. Sometimes you have to massage things. Even after its installed a block of wood and small hand sledge can be pretty handy to get areas like the deck lid fitting to the quarter.