'64 Fury Pro-Touring

[69 GTX]

Good work

 

[carnalsupply]

Thx much

 

[malex]

It's good to see you back at it! We lost you there for a few months it seems. The delay worked out well as you now have very nice new AMD panels. Tubs are turning out great!

 

[Homstead]

That's turning out great! Keep up the good work!

 

[conv67bdere]

Once I complete the last filler strip and dress the welds it will be time to install the new quarter panel. I've now had it on and off the car at least a dozen times and the fit is GREAT, so I'm really looking forward to getting it mounted on the car permanently and moving on to the next stage (which I'm not to sure about exactly what that is?).

Now, now CarnalSupply . . . That is beginning to sound like me ! ? ! ? ! ? . . . Uh . . . what do I do next ? ? ? The good thing is, there is NOT a shortage of things that need to get done ! !

( I just close my eyes and point . . . and that's the next project to tackle ) LMAO . . .

Looking good ! ! ! I'm following along and enjoy the updates ! ! ( and giving a few pointers when possible - I know - Dang it Khan ! ! ! ) ( smile )

 

[747mopar]

What'up stranger; how's the HORRIBLE looking Charger of yours, LOL?

Yea, I was VERY happy with the quality of both pieces; I've tried pieces from another company (to remain nameless) and they were absolute junk, so this was a real pleasant surprise; wish they'd have released them years ago.

Never been happier with a car than I am right now but you know how us gearheads are, gonna keep tinkering with hopes of making it even better!

Looks like it's coming together nicely now and starting to resemble a car or at least while you had the quarters on it haha. I've got to agree with Goon on the wheels, sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! I'm very impatiently awaiting the completion of this one so get on it!

 

[carnalsupply]

Hey guys,

It's been a long time since I posted anything but sadly I had a very serious medical issue come up after a routine surgery and after a couple weeks in the hospital I've been at home getting healthy. While I still have a ways to go before I can even think about working on the car I still have every intention of finishing.

You guys take care and I'll be back at it before you know it.

 

[HYRDGOON]

Sorry to hear about the medical issue but glad to hear you're on the mend! Take the time to recover and I'm sure you will be planning your next moves when you are well enough to get back the the car.

Cheers,

Mike

 

[carnalsupply]

Late last week I got the "all-clear" from my doctor so after nearly 4 months I actually got back in the shop today; I can't believe it's been so long!

I spent the day repairing one of the rotisserie mounts that had cracked then got down to fitting the quarter panel. The most frightening part of the job was lining up and cutting the horizontal cut just below the body line, but I pulled on my big-boy pants, marked the cut-line, and plunged in. Below are some shots of the panel in place.

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One area that differs from stock, and therefore will need some massaging, will be the wheel lip. If you look back on the previous page you'll see how I "de-humped" the wheel well and this definitely affected the outer lip of the wheel well. No big deal when compared to other stuff I've had to do.

Nice to be back to work on the Fury so hopefully I can make some good progress.

 

[HYRDGOON]

Great to hear you got the all clear and nice to see you digging back in! Look forward to following along again!

 

[carnalsupply]

Hey Goon,

Glad to know you're still watching and appreciate the kind words.
Looking forward to making some good progress.

 

[Superfreak]

Wow! almost a full year since I've seen this thread. I read where you stated you had issues with an extension cord for your welder, I also run a #8 cord and run either 30' or 50' (can't remember) on my Lincoln 180 and never have an issue.
It's good you got the health issue looked after as we all know this is the most important thing in life. Keep at it when you can.

Robert

 

[conv67bdere]

Late last week I got the "all-clear" from my doctor so after nearly 4 months I actually got back in the shop today; I can't believe it's been so long!

YAY ! ! ! Great news on the all clear and I'm sure glad to see that you're wasting no time jumping back into the build process ! ! Can't wait to follow along with your build again . . . keep it up !

 

[Glenwood]

Still playing catch up on this great thread. Nice work!

 

[rapidtransitric]

glad you're back at it been with you since the begining

 

[carnalsupply]

Hey fellas,

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement; it's really appreciated.

Can't wait for this weekend, I'm planning on getting the quarter panel completely installed, so I've got some work ahead of me.

Hey Robert/Superfreak, my welding woes seem to have been endless but I just changed out the trigger on my Lincoln Magnum gun and it already feels better; I had to repair a broken mount on my rotisserie.
Like I said, it seems to be never ending.

 

[Budnicks]

Great build I'm glad to see your back at it hard too

good luck & Happy Moparing

 

[carnalsupply]

WooooHoooo, what a weekend; I got the quarter panel completely installed! I still have to clean up all the welds but that shouldn't be too bad, then after that I'll finish off the body work.

Here are some shots of the install:

Spot weld, after spot weld, after spot weld. I used a couple dozen panel alignment clips to keep the new quarter lined up with the existing metal. Thees things are really inexpensive but they sure do a great job.

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On the lower quarter behind the wheel well I used my spot welder. It was tough controlling the welder, I got some burn through, but the welds are strong and I'm pleased with the results.

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Below is the tail light area, which in some areas has 4 layers of metal layered/sandwiched; this was one of the most difficult areas to work on, first delaminating the old metal then trying to fit the new.

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Here's a shot of the quarter after a couple hours worth of spot welding:

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I didn't want to disturb where the quarter panel meets the "C" pillar or the front trunk corner, that's why I blended the quarter panel below the body line, but doing so also forced me to blend the corner above the tail light. This was one of the areas that took the most time to fit correctly but the results were really worth it.

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I wanted and planned on using my spot welder on this flange but just couldn't get the arms to fit so I ended up fill-welding the flange and will grind them down along with the thoosands of tack welds:

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With so much area to weld it was pretty easy to get good results with no warping, so the body work should go pretty quickly (after all the wonderful grinding!):

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A couple of posts ago I mentioned how the newly installed inner wheel well lip wasn't lining up with the quarter panel lip very well so before I installed the quarter panel I took some time and "bumped" the outer half of the inner wheel well, taking some of the arc out of it, which moved the lip of the wheel well closer to the lip of the quarter panel. After installing the quarter it looks like getting the two lips to mate up should be no problem.

Like I said at the beginning of this post: WoooooHooooo!

If there is an "extra" picture below this post I have no idea how it got there or how to delete it; sorry.

 

[conv67bdere]

WOW ! ! ! Looking good Bob ! ! !

I sure wish I had a rotisserie . . . that has got to make the work so much more easy to do then having molten metal falling in your face . . . UGH ! !

Sure glad to see you back at it ! ! !

 

[carnalsupply]

WOW ! ! ! Looking good Bob ! ! !

I sure wish I had a rotisserie . . . that has got to make the work so much more easy to do then having molten metal falling in your face . . . UGH ! !

Sure glad to see you back at it ! ! !

Thanks Larry, and you're right, the rotisserie is a life-saver, along with the chassis jig we built. BTW - the rotisserie was built from plans I purchased and was built for only couple hundred dollars, so well worth the time and expense.