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Originally Posted by gto406

Very nice car Scott. I had one question (perhaps indirectly for your metal-working man)...

I noticed he installed the trunk-pans and the rear quarters without the frame installed (or did he position the frame underneath)? Did he (or you) express any concerns about the body shifting during the repair, or did he add any gussets to x-brace the body while performing the metal-surgery?

I noticed the body was sitting on a jig, but I have always wondered whether the heat of welding (even spot welds) would cause the body to shift enough on the frame, and perhaps not go back together as nicely as original.

BTW, I have a '72 I am going to be doing the same thing too (albeit with repro skins) - I ended up with skins and elected not to send them back (have heard odd things about those repop full quarters having non-factory shapes around the 'lower rear window channels'.

Cheers,
Brian

'72 GTO (currently in body-off mode)
'69 Firebird (almost ready to terrorize the streets).

Brian -

If you'll check out post #64, you can see that the quarters were removed/replaced while the car was on the frame. I am not sure about the trunk pan.

The car is being done at Darrell Davidson's ("Notime" on PY) shop, Supercar Creations, in Norton, OH. Darrell posts on this thread periodically, so if he has anything to add, I'm sure he'll chime in.

Thanks,

Scott