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

[torredcuda]

Tried to get some better pics of my fake spot welds. One thing I always notice is when a trunk floor is replaced because you don't see any spot welds indents. I may do a few more but most of them are hidden under the trunk mat so you don`t see them anyway.

 

[torredcuda]

Sanded off a few layers of paint on the quarter panel extensions and went to loosely bolt them on but realized the passenger side was bent. Being pot metal I heated it up with the propane torch so it wouldn't crack when I straightened it.

 

[HawkRod]

Sanded off a few layers of paint on the quarter panel extensions and went to loosely bolt them on but realized the passenger side was bent. Being pot metal I heated it up with the propane torch so it wouldn't crack when I straightened it.

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Did the torch allow for it to be bent effectively? Still seems like it would be difficult to bend pot metal without breaking it.

Regardless, nice work and keep it up!

 

[eldubb440]

Tried to get some better pics of my fake spot welds. One thing I always notice is when a trunk floor is replaced because you don't see any spot welds indents. I may do a few more but most of them are hidden under the trunk mat so you don`t see them anyway.

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i put my phony welds into the epoxy primer, I put it a little thick in those areas, and let it tack up a bit.........then use the flat end of a drill bit

 

[torredcuda]

Did the torch allow for it to be bent effectively? Still seems like it would be difficult to bend pot metal without breaking it.

Regardless, nice work and keep it up!

Yes, it bent pretty easy and you actually have to be carefull not to use too much heat or it will stat melting - ask me how I know. (just a couple small bubbles started, no harm)

 

[torredcuda]

I`ve also seen guys who did a skim coat of mud or thick primer and used a pencil eraser or something similar to create the spot weld look.

 

[torredcuda]

Trunk is one piece again and looking pretty good but ... I had two concerns going in - one was if the anti- flutter material was going to hold up the spots where it was applied and leave high spots but except for a couple slight waves the surface feels smooth. The second concern was if the metal along the edges was going to hold up and not crack from being bent out and back over, that did happen. In hindsight maybe I should have gently heated up the edge as I tried it out which may have helped but I can only go forward so I'll have to weld up and grind the split areas.