How NOT to repair rust out...

[Bob Parmenter]

...in the bottom of the quarter panel.

A couple months ago I picked up this '30 A coupe near Sacramento. I could see that it had some cobby rust repair at the bottom of the front portion of the quarter where most Model A coupes have an issue, but happily I didn't see any sign at the cowl bottoms and doors. I'd already done a quick zip with a disc to verify the cowl and doors at thier bottoms and sure enough they were good. All along I thought the bottoms of the quarters would be a mass of mud. The bottoms of the wheel wells were just the normal lace that forms between the sub rails and the outer panel. Once I get the new sub rails done I'm thinking I might make these wheel well panels follow a similar line to the wheel wells of a '32 since I'll be putting this body on a '32 frame, we'll see. I just got the patch panels for the quarters, and as expected they'll need a little work to get the right shape, but considering how bad some of them are, these look pretty decent. Anyway, in the first pic you can see that the "rust repair" in the quarters wasn't mud at all.........just a bunch of passes with the welder. Still looks like what I would imagine Rosie O'Donnel's thighs must look like. Happily, the rest of the quarter panel looks as nice as I had anticipated.