Bill's Blue Bug
Body
The
body started off in pretty good shape. Problems included:
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the crunched front clip with missing fender nut inserts and holes
drilled through to mount the bumper brackets. |
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front clip
was replaced. Here's the marks for cutting out the old. The
new bumper bracket mount panels were layed along side the car to |
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sawsall took
care of it. |
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There was damage to the left rear quarter panel which I did not recognize that resulted in a big gap between the side of the deck lid and the engine compartment rim. The body shop removed the left side of the rear apron and repositioned it after pulling the rim out. Now the fit is right on. |
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Not shown is the piles of crap that came out of the quarter panel bottom. Tools, money, bulbs, dirt, rust, fasteners -- a time capsule of sorts. |
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Removing the bottom of the heater channel was a big chore. I should have got a spot weld cutter... The paint is weld through primer. Under it is Eastwoods rust encapsulator (except for flange where there is only weld through primer). |
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This is the only place where the channel is used. The other hood and decklid channels were removed and the Mexican Bug seals that mount to the hood/decklid lip were used. A lot of rust was under the channels and I'm glad I was able to get rid of most of them. |
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Later the instrument panel opening was trimmed further for the aluminum insert I made. Two other holes were drilled where the ash tray used to be for light switches. The stereo hole was enlarged a little for DIN size mounting. |
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Don't let just anyone go at it on your car with a blaster. The guys at Class A Stripping are pro's -- no warping. |
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