New project and first time builder

[1968 man]

Some of the parts put on the car. Tried to take a lot of pictures but got busy just trying to get the thing done. Blanked off the fresh air duct on lower cowl. Have aftermarket auto air in the car.

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Damn ( Rust ) you had your work cut out for you. lol

 

[mr4speed]

Good luck on the resto!

 

[tailpilot]

Looking over the drivers side quarter and started stripping in some areas that I figured there was filler and the common problem spots. I am wondering if its worth trying to save the quarter or just replace. Seems the going thing is to save as much original metal as you can. there was some thick filler on the side but it was just covering a dent with no rust then around the fender openings there was some rust but not as bad as I expected. Not sure what the other side looks like yet, what are your thoughts?

 

[69RunnerMike]

I'm from the school that keeping as much original metal as possible is preferable. Having said that, cutting out the wheel opening and replacing it with new metal is a lot of work. IMO, It would be easier to replace the whole quarter panel. Personally if it was my project and it's only the wheel opening and the lower end of the quarter that's rotted, I would cut it out and weld in new metal. If keeping original panels is not that important to you, do whichever ever is less work.

 

[tailpilot]

I'm from the school that keeping as much original metal as possible is preferable. Having said that, cutting out the wheel opening and replacing it with new metal is a lot of work. IMO, It would be easier to replace the whole quarter panel. Personally if it was my project and it's only the wheel opening and the lower end of the quarter that's rotted, I would cut it out and weld in new metal. If keeping original panels is not that important to you, do whichever ever is less work.

Not too worried about keeping the original metal due to this car not being a completely numbers matching, no engine or trans and the drivers door, fender and hood have been replaced in the past. I was more concerned with complexity of patching vs fitting of AMD panel. I figured that the original metal would fit better but then again new metal is always nice to be able to open up the inter structure to treat. I still have a ways to get to replacing/patching so I have time to decide.