69 GTX rear sheetmetal instal tips?

[69 GTX]

Anyone have any tips for instaling new AMD sheetmetal on a 69 GTX. Full quarters, trunk floor, wheeltubs, exts. & filler panel. Any and all tip helpful!! Thinking the order will be the oppisite of removal.

 

[BeastlyBirdie]

Baseline measure everything. Knock off one side, from there you can more easily put in a one piece trunk pan. The AMD stuff is ok, but needs massaging. Test fit everything. A lot of guys pull all of it off at once, thats a different approach. Unless you've done this before, one side at a time gives reference, and, moving the Chinese metal to mate with the American original parts will help you decide where to mod it.

 

[Propwash]

Best advice I could give you is go over and check out the member restoration threads....Tons and tons of excellent real time information on sheetmetal install/removal with all of the great projects going on.

 

[69 GTX]

I can already see the bend lines on the edges have to big of a raidus and will need attention. Had to do some trimming on the flanges on the wheel tubs to get them to mate correctly. I'm a tool and die maker by trade, maybe I should go there and see if they need someone to fix they're dies!!!!