Busy day on her today......got the passenger side C pillar sorted, and after about 4 hrs sanding, guide coating, more sanding etc, its looking nice and straight again. Started on the drivers side but ran out of time.
Ive started sorting the dink on the pass wing. It is a proper crease on the edge so not just a filler and sand job as the profile is distorted. I decided to cut out the offending section, work on straightening it out, then weld it back in. I used a 1mm cutting disc so I plan on drilling small holes around the opening in the wing and then plug welding strips of 16g about 1" wide around the back side of the opening to make a 1/2" step around it for the repaired section to sit on. I will then spot weld in the 1mm gap to secure it in place. Bit unorthodox but will hopefully work.
Cheers Steve
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Once you get it straight, you should be able to hold it in position with some strong magnets while you tack it. the resulting gap will allow you to seam weld it. If you take your time and run about 1/2" weld and immeadiatly hit it with compressed air till it's cool, then move to another area and keep doing the same you shouldn't get any distortion. You have to take similar precautions when grinding the weld down afterwards, don't get the panel too hot. With a bit of luck the finished job will require little or no filler.
That's a whopper sized car steve
You are getting stuck in big time, and as you say ,it's going to be completed over the summer months, not the winter this time.
And that's always good news when you have an outside workshop
Yeah, the dent doesnt look much on the pics but whatever hit it really distorted the section that I have removed. My welding skills are nowhere near yours Blue so I dont think I will be able to weld across the gap caused by the cutting disc. Dont even want to try as I think I will end up overheating the wing and causing more problems than Im solving
I had thought of taking the wing off but its a nightmare as the bumper has to come off etc and I really didnt fancy getting that far into it for a dink that should be ok done this way.....I hope!!!
I must admit, the workshop was very warm yesterday, until the clouds came over
Certainly getting stuck in there Steve...nice work so far,thanks for the pics!!
1978 Plymouth Fury,4-door sedan B-body,400 cu in (6.6L) Big-Block 4 barrel V8 'High Performance'
(numbers matching with Police special handling package)
Lovely car matey. Looks even better in the flesh. With what you did to the mighty Fury, the New Yorker will be fantastic! Would be tempting, but I'll stick with PUG for now mate!! Looking forward to giving you a hand with some fettling. Cheers
The black bits in the weld pic no 2 arent holes, just the gap to the back plates on the lip I welded in. I went round a few times and almost filled the gap (eventually) with weld so minimal filler
