Category: Bodywork

The right front fender that was originally on the car was badly smashed, so a replacement was needed. It has turned out to be pretty difficult to find a good right front fender locally. They turn up on eBay all the time, but I don’t want to pay $100 to ship a fender across the… Continue reading Right Front Fender …. Savable?

Well, that crappy passenger side rear door just isn’t going to work. I decided to remove the relatively good skin from the Biscayne parts car, and install it to the inner framework of the original door. The structure is just different enough from a 4-door “post” door, that modifying the other door would not be… Continue reading Door Skin Replacement

We aren’t really ready to install the doors yet, but I want to see how they fit so I can make appropriate adjustments before doing the bodywork. I’ve discovered that the rear passenger door doesn’t fit work a crap. It appears to have a twist to it that I am having difficulty correcting. Not only… Continue reading Door Alignment Test

Here I am working some of the first filler to go on the car. I am leveling the filler that I applied to the body seam between the quarter panel and the panel between the rear glass and the trunk lid. I applied Duraglass first for strength and moisture resistance. Regular fill goes over the… Continue reading First Filler