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In the mindset or saving a thousand dollars, I'm going to repair these quarter panels. I may haggle out a deal with the shop in town for some lift time to repair the inners. I have a plan to reproduce the skins which were removed from the backs of the quarters. But first, I need to get more memory for my CAD system ( I'm out of posterboard).

I went ahead and finished the repair on the spot I was working on. I sent a shot of it with the welds ground down. After more practice, I might send pics of before - grinding, showing my welds, but for now I'm not so proud of them.

This just in!

Thx for the pixels, mike! Today after school I'll look into getting the new phone into service.

I've delved into repair of the rear quarter, where someone had lopped it off with s sawzall. I've got the patch piece for the outer skin tacked in place. Looks pretty good, except it needs a little contour added. Next step is to template the inner panel. Then, I'll tack the inner panel in place. There is just no way to weld the inner panel from the back side, I'll be lucky to get it tacked in securely. So, after it is tacked in, I'll cut the tacks on the front patch and remove the front patch. Then I'll weld in the inner panel. After that, I'll massage the outer skin to final shape, and install it.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

Thx for the pixels, mike! Today after school I'll look into getting the new phone into service.

I've delved into repair of the rear quarter, where someone had lopped it off with s sawzall. I've got the patch piece for the outer skin tacked in place. Looks pretty good, except it needs a little contour added. Next step is to template the inner panel. Then, I'll tack the inner panel in place. There is just no way to weld the inner panel from the back side, I'll be lucky to get it tacked in securely. So, after it is tacked in, I'll cut the tacks on the front patch and remove the front patch. Then I'll weld in the inner panel. After that, I'll massage the outer skin to final shape, and install it.

Sounds like you've got the plan in place for the quarter panel patch, start inside, get it all solid, primed and sealed, then get the pretty panel in place.

As for the phone, and posting pictures to CHR directly, I'll just say "Good Luck with that endeavor!" I've found that it's super easy to post a picture taken with the phone to FaceBook, or to e-mail it to myself or to someone else, but to use the phone to access CHR, access the specific thread and then work through the advanced screen to manage attachments, including finding the specific photo on the phone ?? Not to rain on your parade, but Good Luck with that! The phone is a little computer, but key is "little" meaning that the active screen buttons are tiny..... I take the picture, e-mail it to myself, then save it to "My Pictures" on the computer; or connect the phone to the computer via cable to the USB port and access the phone as an external drive to move pictures to the 'puter. 'Nuff said, I hope that it works out for you, but I'm not holding my breath on this one.

I've had the same issue as Mr. Spears. The tiny screen is a PITA! So I just e-mail it to me.. oh wait... you already do that!

I wanted to make this one larger as it was so dark.. hope it comes out okay for you.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psa5xhpovx.jpg
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Firebird,
On that page of PhotoBucket look to the right and see the big box for Shared Links? One the one that says "IMG" (Image), left click in that box and it says "Copied", then paste if here to show the image directly:

here's the last one you sent me..

Looking good!

When we last saw our stalwart young bodyman... here's the other side. HMmmmmm.. the old girl seems fast tonite!

I'm starting to gather more pixels of the Charger than some of my cars! LOL.

And some more pieces..

Originally Posted by 34_40

And some more pieces..

"Before" or "After"?

Originally Posted by rspears

"Before" or "After"?

Maybe during?? lol..

Thanks so much to mike for posting the pixels.

I'm having trouble accessing the site from my phone, but I was able to get in at the library.

the next views mike will be posting ( hopefully ) will be my process into the front fender. The double posted image is the patch piece for the inner panel in the passenger fender, rear bottom. It is about the most complicated patch piece i've bent yet. Later today I'll be stitching the skin on, then i'll be cutting out rust on the driver's side. I somehow have to figure out why my new phone won't log in to this site. And, the library is kicking me out in six minutes.