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As weather permits, I'll be showing how I do this myself. My highest priority is making it fit right, both looks and strength. Easy is a bit less important, but I don't want unnecessary difficulty.
This car will end up with a V8 swap.
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Glad to see you saving the car, a lot of people wouldn't even consider it and let the insurance take it to the scrap yard for rear quarter damage. Sounds like you know what you're doing, good luck on the restoration.aka FreedStyle
Chaddrich Freed
(1 of 443) 2002 SLP Firebird GT #107 (244rwhp/254rwtq naturally aspirated)
2008 Silverado Crew Cab 5.3L 4x4
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Thanks!
First was a new wood chisel to expose the spot welds for drilling. Then I got a sharpie to mark a few, and the sail panel on the B-pillar is a problem, so I'll probably splice and butt-weld under it rather than drilling the welds hidden by the sail panel. It was extremely stupid of GM to glue it, it needed to be unboltable. Would you glue the oil filter on? Or the spark plugs in?
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Just a question, do you weld the quarter panel on the use fiberglass and sand and paint? Just for future reference. In case I need to do it or someone else.08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine
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You're getting ahead of me, but I wasn't planning to do any fiberglassing for this job. So far I've just been drilling spot welds, and removing some of the metal that won't be part of the end result.
Also, while I'm at it, I'm fabricating an overkill hitch much like the one I fabbed for my '86 Camaro. The bulk of this design sits inside the trunk area anyway. Pics as I progress.
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Sounds good, I guess I'll have to wait. Lol08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine
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Not bad so far. I too would have avoided the sail panel area due to the glue as well. I'm looking forward to seeing your welds when it comes time to put the new quarter on!aka FreedStyle
Chaddrich Freed
(1 of 443) 2002 SLP Firebird GT #107 (244rwhp/254rwtq naturally aspirated)
2008 Silverado Crew Cab 5.3L 4x4
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Re: Just bought this, quarter panel swap
Very interested to see how you're going to do this.
Off Topic, since you have experience in this... I've been thinking about that 3.4 long block going into my 3rd gen. Would the stuff from my 2.8 be a direct bolt on to a long block 3.4?
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I've had to revise my cuts based on what welds I couldn't drill. My welds are seldom pretty. Today will be getting the cuts to match up. I'm using a cheap stick welder from Harbor Freight, on the lowest setting, 80 amps, and HF's 3/32" electrodes, cut down to 3.87" ea.
Once the fit is close, I expect to find a few of the holes I drilled in each to match up well enough for a couple of bolts to keep it from falling apart long enough to make some welds. Which will need to be ground smooth.
2.8 Bird: Yes, no problem, check out www.thirdgen.org, they even have a sub-forum just for the V6 guys, with a couple of stickies about what you're thinking.
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