ok, so the green car is done (mostly) and on the road racking up miles. yay.
it's time for me to dive into my '74 which will be getting into metal work and paint in a few months. the car currently has SC flares that were lap welded and very (and i mean VERY) poorly done. my hope was that the original quarters were in tact enough to just cut the SC flares off and butt weld some RS flares on. i took the paint and a sea of bondo down to the welds to see what i have to work with.
i'm not optimistic that i can save the existing quarter panels for two reasons. first, they were welded HOT and the seams literally shrank .5-.75" in spots, hence the gallons of bondo. second, the SC flares that were scabbed on seem to have been cut much higher up the quarter than i normally see, about 10" at the top. the quarter extends about 1" down underneath the flare, but it is so deformed i can't see it being any good.
i have a month or so to figure out how i want to go about fixing this. the two most likely scenarios in my mind are to try and find some used SC quarter panels (not easy) or just buy new SC quarter panels (pricey). either way, the RS flare idea seems to be out the window unless these panels can somehow be saved.
thoughts?...