72 SSP Quarter to Door Alignment

[JedIEG]

I installed an AMD quarter sink on my car. I just test fit the doors and fenders for the first time in a long time and the quarter does not line up well at all. It appears that the panel has too much material at the bottom and has forced the character line out way farther than it should go.

We tried drilling all the spot welds on the door jamb and in front of the wheel well so it could move. We rotated the car on the rotisserie so we could put a block and floor jack under the quarter to get it to move in. It moved a little from what you can see in the picture, but I am not happy with it. I don.t have time to try a new quarter panel. Does any one have a suggestion on what I could do?
The car has to stay at my parents house 7 hours away so I can only work on the body once a month or so. I need a plan for the next time I visit.

 

[wahya]

I'm not an expert, but I did do a lot of tweaking on my car and since nobody else commented, here is my two cents. Is the front fender right? Maybe just the angle from the camera, but the bottom of the fender appears to be pushed too far inward. I wonder if it was pulled out some and the door re-positioned outward on the bottom, if it would line up better on the rear.

 

[1967coronet]

drill it loose again, install trunk lid, doors , fenders and hood. set your gaps on the fenders, hood , and then door to fenders, set your qt one or both if using two. get your trunk lid on it then , set gaps on lid to qt and qt front to door , trim the qt flanges if needed,make sure old qt flanges are off the pillar,and ck that the wheel tub is fit ok
I like to glue a couple pieces of old weather strip on the doors to make sure you get a good fit on the A & B pillars. Tac a few spots on the qt once all is set and recheck all gaps before doing all the final welds.
Suxs I know but you will play heck trying to shim & adjust 3/4 "on the doors & front clip and make it all fit right.
Just going by what I can see in the pics,

You cant just weld qts on a car without the other panels on it to line things up. You can pull the doors ect again after the qts are fit. After market panels are what they are and many times need trimed ect to get good gaps

 

[The not so tall man]

They always tend to rot in the rocker underneath the quarter. Is there patch work under the quarter on the rocker that kept it from seating?

Is the bottom quarter flange and the rocker flange tight?

Got any pics lower?

Can't even see the rocker panel. It should be lined up enough with the door that it should be seen.

 

[SureGrip]

They always tend to rot in the rocker underneath the quarter. Is there patch work under the quarter on the rocker that kept it from seating?

Is the bottom quarter flange and the rocker flange tight?

Got any pics lower?

Can't even see the rocker panel. It should be lined up enough with the door that it should be seen.

Like you said. The rocker panels are your foundation. From there, your quarters are aligned (and checked against your rear tail panels and Dutchman panel as those are also 'fixed' pieces). Once you've verified your quarters line up well, then you move forward and align the doors to the rocker and quarters. Once the doors are set, then you move onto the fenders, hood and the rest of the clip.

As mentioned, tacking and re-checking your measurements and alignment are key to a straight car....expect to install and remove the panels many times.