Heres the deal. I looked around to find someone to do my body work, most were unreasonable, and the ones that were kept falling through. I have friends that know how to weld and I can to some extent. We are going to start on the car today. Trunk drop offs, outer wheel houses, and quarters today. If anyone could offer some tips or tricks it'd be great. I will post pictures when we get done. Thanks

 

Sorry, I cant help. Im very curious as to what happens with this. I am getting close to doing the same thing. Please post lots of pictures and comments on your experiance.

The FAQ sticky has a few things on this.

What are you doing on the Quarters? Skins or Full ?

Good Luck
Joe

 

Well I'm assuming your using a MIG welder.

-Use a scrap piece of metal to set up the machine before you start on the actual car
-Line up the panel exactly how you want it, clamp in place
-Spot weld at one spot and then double check the alignment of everything, make adjustments if needed
-Continue spot welding the rest of the panel, take your time and space out the spot welds, you do not want to heat up the metal to the point where it may warp
-I would space out the spot welds a couple inches apart and then come back and put spot welds in between the existing spot welds and they you could probably bead weld between the spot welds, it may seem tedious but it'll lessen the chance of the metal warping at all
- When your done welding the entire panel use a grinder and grind the weld smooth and touch up with some bondo

 

whenever possible try to hit the welds with a hammer and dolly. It will help to minimize the warping. Take your time. If it means you do a hand full of spot welds then stop to drink a beer to let it cool and do it again that is what it takes sometimes.

 

Thanks for the advice. I'm getting ready to start cutting now. As far as the quarters, I have full, but I'm cutting them to what I need. I don't need to replace the taillight housing and don't want to cut into my roofline.

 

how bar are your quarters? Take your time lining them up. I had a heck of a time lining up the body lines on my car.

 

Where did you get your full pannels? Why did you go with Full rather than a skin? Im debating which one I will go with. I found full quaters to be much more expensive. What are the benifits of a full over a skin? I would like to put the shelby/CA special taillight pannel on my 68 vert.

How is it going?

 

I used a wet towel to cool down the panel after every couple of tacks when ever I did my quarters to keep the panel from warping. Here are a few shots.

 

It looks like it turned out well!

 

Thanks, I was happy with it especially since it was my first time welding on a panel.