Time for the tear down! Let’s see what this thing really looks like.
Everything has been sanded and ground down to metal to see what shape thing are in.
Passenger rear view.
Driver rear view
The rag top was TIG welded into the roof by the previous owner.
Not a bad job, but not great either.
The roof was lapped over the original metal making everything a little off.
I should say the roof was lapped under the original roof, and was now low in comparison to the roof.
Everything was brought back up to the correct height with the help of a guide and hammered closer to where it should be.
Side-swiped passenger side.
Side-swiped passenger side B-pillar damage. I did metal fill welding to patch this damage instead of using plastic filler.
Passenger rear fender.
Passenger rear fender lip damage.
Passenger front fender.
Passenger front fender.
Hood nose and front apron.
Hood nose and front apron.
Front apron.
Previous repair to the side of the hood due to early cars having only a single hood prop.
Previous hood handle repair.
Driver side front fender was in decent shape.
Driver side was fairly straight.
Driver side door had a few impacts.
Driver side rear fender was a little wavy.
Looks like it has had some repair work done before and came off another car.
Driver side rear quarter damage. That explains why the fender was swapped out.
Rear apron was in rough shape from the car being lowered so much, but not beyond repair.
The deck lid had a nice dent from being sprung, a few others here and there.
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