Thread: 34 3 Window Re-Build

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Hi all,
It has been awhile so thought I would update. The shower has been done for about a month now and wow, what a relief to have that out of the way. One floor plate and all plywood under the pan needed to be replaced, thank god the joists under the pan were still good. Will post pics of the construction and finished product in another post.

I earlier posted some pics of the work on the passenger rear fender and was real proud of myself to that stage. I then bolted that fender to the body Then I started on the driver rear fender. In the process of getting the two halves lined up and clamped to scribe the patch panel I look a look at the passenger fender to see how they looked together and.....OH NO. Some where in my making final trims on the patch panel (while on the welding bench) I didn't notice the bottom half was moving out of position. The result can be see quite well after the fender is bolted to the coupe; although I didn't notice till compared to the other fender. So... I have a do-over. I didn't like the welding job anyway so the next try will hopefully look better.
The shot of the driver fender shows the two halves clamped to the patch panel with the dichem sprayed ready for scribing. In that shot you can see the lower edge of the fender with the proper angle to the floor. Tossed in a shot of the side of the road find Mazda hood sacrificing itself for the patch panels. While I was at it I made a die and punch to recreate the missing fender rib in the patches. Hoping for a better job this time.

JackNew pas side.jpgDie and punch.jpgMazda Hood.jpgDrivers side3.jpgNew Pas side2.jpg