quarter panel repair..

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  1. blugene

    blugene Senior member

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    Looks amazing Frank. Glad your making progress.. (y)
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper

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    :Handshake...as you see, this started out...a quarter panel repair finishing project.
    turned into a...quarter panel repair (redo), tailpanel strip/prime, refinish gravel pan, sand/prep quarter tips, rework/patch/prime spoiler and block sand trunk lid...:slap:
    been a busy 6-7 days...
    will have it together today and ready for our meet tomorrow...:party3:
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper

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    done for now...:yup:

    ...:chirp:...
     
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    Nice job Frank.(y) All those lites/sections illuminated or just outsides? What color will the car be or have u decided yet? That lighting seup is a great combo on these cars .. Probably be the only one's I'd consider to replace a Comets lites;)
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper

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    ...:Handshake...

    car will never be one color...:tiphat:
    I installed a set of lights in the inside lens...4 when braking, 2 each side for turn and 4 running.
     
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    Frank, very nice ! ! ! How did you wire your rear lights ? I put the other 2 bulbs in and everything works together. Are your inside bulbs single filment ? If you would draw me a diagram. Thanks Rick
     
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    Great job there Frank!!!!! Do you have much body work experience? I'm not looking forward to it but someones got to do it!
     
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    Let me know if you need a hand.
     
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    It looks really good. I also like the rear disk brakes. Are the brakes from a sn-95 mustang?
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper

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    duel filament bulb sockets...wired in with the running/turn signal wires from the other lights.
    hope this helps.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper

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    no experience..I have a few body shop Guys that coach me and sometimes do certain fiberglass repair jobs for me.
    not hard, time consuming and a lot of stuff that has to be mixed and prepped correctly.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper

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    Crown Vic...
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper

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    Rick,
    shoot me an E-mail and I will send you a pic. of the wiring...
     
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    Frank. I was looking and couldn't find any threads about your shop. Curious how high you had to build it to have that rack..
     
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    Ok, thanks!!!:thumbs2:
     

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