Week #8

At the Week #7 posting, I wrote:

>My original plan was to separate the filler and install it as if it were one of those new replacements, and then just patch in what I needed after that. <snipped babbling>. So I started triming and prepping the "patch" to beput in as one big piece.<

I changed my mind! After digging around on the car for a while I determined that my original plan was the way to go. Treating each section, filler area, right corner and left corner, as seperate 'projects', the job will turn out much better.

It took an irritatingly long time to separate the corners from the filler of my 'replacement' piece. They(the factory) must have determined that the spot where the trunk lip sides meet the trunk lip at the filler was a critical stress focal point of some kind because there were no less than 8 spot welds and several puddles of brazing in a 6 square inch area. Of coarse, this area is not flat either...I took a well deserved nap after each was seperated. Knowing the same had to be done at the car, I moved on to something else...

Trimmed most of the rusted areas from the car around the rear glass that will be replaced. It looks a lot better now...alot less intimidating.

I wont be able to put any time into the RR this week or next weekend as I'll be getting ready to make the annual trek to the Lowcountry Mopar Show in North Chareston, SC. Our local club makes this show every year...those
people up there really know how to put on the hog!