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`70 road runner, FC7, 383, 727 It`s waited long enough, finally time to get it done.

"Spot weld drilling hell" continues, slow progress. Quarters and extensions showed up so I need to keep at it.

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Trunk floor is out! Just need to clean up the rails and I can start fitting the new one.

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Comparing the AMD panel to some originals I found four obvious differences with the strengthening ribs. A little time with a propane torch, hammer and dolly and a body file fixed it.

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Nice car....brings back some great memories for me also....with my now ex FC7 '70 GTX.

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And at one stage early on, this was on a rotisserie, with a beautiful coat of high-build lavender/pink primer. :lol:
 
Drilled all the holes in the trunk pan and even remembered to sand and scuff it BEFORE I weld it in which is much easier.

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Finally back at it, holidays then china virus then snow storms with no power. Pretty happy with fit so welding has begun.

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Also had kid's cub scout Pinewood derby and we had a separate adult race so we needed to build two cars. Kid's was a zombie apocalypse car and mine was of course a road runner.

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Some more progress, trunk floor is 90% welded and ground so started fitting extensions and quarters. They will need some tweaking in a few areas but not too bad overall.

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I have both trunk extensions welded on and drivers side lower rear window corner repaired.

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I am finally happy with overall drivers quarter panel fit. I ended up hammering the front edge back about 1/8" so I have a decent door gap. I now have to fit the passenger quarter but it should go a lot quicker now that I know where to "massage" it.

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Nice work. i have to do my left outer with the qtr on. Like the partial idea way better. Won't get to it till I get the trunk floor, drops and tail light panel in and welded in place. lots of work but hope it comes out as nice as yours.
 
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