Wheel Wells

 Wheel Well Assembly

With the rear side windows repaired and installed, it's time to put the body together.

I couldn't find a reasonably priced set of rear wheel wells that were assembled so I bought halves.

I fit them in place and then secured them together with Cleco pins.  They were made for assemblying aircraft but they are a dream for sheet metal work.

With the Clecos holding them together I spot welded the predrilled holes and saved a couple hundred dollars over buying prefabed wheel wells.

Coated the inside with 3M rubberized under coating and they are ready to paint and install.

Rear Side Windows

Both rear rolling windows wouldn't roll up and down easily.  When I took the rear quarter panels off, I found broken rollers and rusted parts so, out came the windows.

I took them apart down to the glass.  Cleaned it up and after waiting 3 months for the parts, put everything back together.  The correct parts were a little hard to find.  Lots of options but nothing that was an exact match.

I repaird a few spots then converted the rust on the interior of the fender where the window sits.

Repaired and reinstalled the mechanisms.

And reinstalled the windows.

Now I can install the wheel wells and rear quarter panels.  This was a lot easier than trying to remove and repair those regulators through the window slit by using chop sticks and hoping I didn't drop a bolt.

Trunk

 

Emptying the Scrap Bin

Time to clean out the trunk, do some repairs and convert the rust

Hauled the scrap to the dumpster, patched a few small rust through holes, and took out the destroyed spare tire alignment bracket.  A wire wheel took off all the loose rust then I converted and sealed the area.

In those pictures you can also see the bracing I built for the trunk deck.  I may not of had to or probably didn't have to do this but, I'm a coward and like to sleep well at night.