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I agree, nice work.
I'll post some pictures of mine once the frustration wears down a little. I have had a number of problems....
First, the weld areas are really contaminated, everything from sealant to embedded body filler, brazing material and lead. The worst of it is that rolled over drip rail causes the metal to thin when you grind it all flat as there is a curve as it rolls towards the rail. This then makes a bit bigger gap with a thin wedgelike edge which then exposes the sealer. I tried everything from just welding over it all (lots of blow throughs, smoke and fire), to taking a thin blade and scraping out as much as I could get to which widens the gap noticeably and still results in blow throughs, smoke and fire). I also tried igniting the stuff with a propane torch, didn't help much. Worst of it was near the back where they crammed in a bunch of rubberized sealer behind the rail and applied heavy lead.
Second, the roof and quarter panel do not exactly line up....there is about a 1 to 2 mm drop as the factory did not align the two all that well. It will take lead to smooth it...
Lastly, and still wrestling with this...almost all the panels are closed (can't get at them from the back side. Just wondering what I am going to do to protect those fresh welds....POR15 sprayed with a 360 degree wand sprayer comes to mind....what has anyone else done?
D.
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