Quarter/tail light corners ... these might be tough

[manley 13]

I ran into my first major fit problem with reproduction parts... the corners that fit under the quarter panel extensions. At first glance they seem to fit well, but I didn't notice that they don't hug the contour of the tail light panel well... and once I get them looking good with the tail light panel, the holes for the extension studs don't line up well with those in the quarter panel.

 

My thoughts for the moment: most of this won't be seen, fit it to the tail light panel for now, forget the 3 extension holes and use the extension to get the new quarter panel lined up well modifying the corner as necessary....

 

I have one tacked in place and am stopping for the night to think about things. If anyone else has replaced these, please throw your thoughts and experience at me! :yes:

 

Not looking forward to the wheel houses I've read horror stories about...

[Mike65 476]

I am in the process of replacing the outer wheel house on my 69 Coupe. I used the dynacorn piece & on preliminary fitting it seems to be ok.

Mike.

[manley 13]

I've heard the inners are horrible. As long as it doesn't get too cold, I'll be finding out soon!

[BuckeyeDemon 211]

i had to do rework on those three holes on my fastback full dynacorn quarters.

[manley 13]

Sounds like I made the right choice in how I fitted these then.... thanks BuckeyeDemon! Especially since I just finished welding the corners in.

 

Now, which comes first, wheel houses or full quarter panels? It's going to feel so good to be done with panel replacement!

[BuckeyeDemon 211]

my opinion is to fit them together before welding anything.

[manley 13]

Gotcha.... I will probably cut out the wheelhouses and then see how well I can clamp them to everything before cutting the quarter. This helps me figure out my plan on how I'm going to weld the pieces together, also. And I'll hopefully know what fitment problems I'll run into.

 

I didn't see this problem coming with the quarter corners because I didn't realize how they should wrap around the contour of the tail light panel. Live and learn! It can all be fixed, though, no matter what happens.

 

Thanks!