I have the quarter panel off of my car and am trying to get the outer wheelhouse off too to replace it. I'm not seeing any spotwelds where it joins to the inner wheelhouse. Does anyone know how to get these off or had any experience with them?

 

On my 70 Fastback they were spot welded.
I used a (for lack of a better name) a pneumatic hammer with the chisel tip.
Stuck it from the inside forward portin of the wheel house and worked it from there.

Be careful if you do it this way, i ripped some of the metal that they attach to.

Hope this helps.

 

if all else fails, bust out a grinder with a cutting wheel

 

It's on a 66 by the way.

I was thinking of the sawzall and a grinder

 

I used a cutoff wheel on a 4.5" electric grinder. I cut my outer wheelhouse off at the point where it angles up to the flat part where it welds to the inner wheelhouse. I found this was easier and less damaging than trying to remove the entire peice. I left on the lip part that welds to the inner house and attached my new one right over the old, welded right up to it. Can't tell that it was done this way.

 

I just cut out the bad parts of the wheel housing and fabriciated the new piece to it it involved some cutting. you wont get those spot welds out without doing some major surgery.

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On those they aren't spot welded. They're kinda seem fused. Like a spot weld, but continous along the whole seam.