Thread: '67 Mustang Convertable build

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Well, sometimes it just don't pay to experiment.
I welded - i have no idea how or if these pics will come out - the replacement lower quater panel. The metal on this car was so inconsistant i didn't dare to try to fusion weld, i just knew i'd be burning holes everywhere. So i just did the normal weld thing and for some reason it shrank way more than i thought it would. I couldn't get to the back side for proper metalworking. I got the bright idea of using silicon bronze as a filler - what a mess, it shrank twice as much!
I finally cut out the panel behind and went to work. It finished out pretty good, real good if you consider all the abuse i gave it before i could access behind it. I mean i spent a day and a half trying to finish it before cutting the other panel out.
the pics show the steps i went thru. The 2nd from last is the panel after the abuse, the da left swirls and the light reflects it badly - those aren't hills and valleys. I gave it a light skim coat earlier this evening.