So I try best to avoid performing these type of things,..but when you're working with Chevelles and GTOs the panel alignment is often more tedious than the buicks,...just simply weren't built to the same tolerances. So you end up with this Cut a slit to drop the skin down to match the pass side and obviously the trunk lid,...I usually try my best to adjust things out but there comes a point when you simply have too much metal
It will require bodyworking the whole area but it won't warp,..just will need to be transitioned in the opposite ends
So does that mean more cutting and welding? I am struggling to see how that will move without creating more problems. Sorry for being thick.
If your deck sits too high,....remove there is a fix,...but it's not to easy,...I'll explain how later today
Just the welding of the seam is all the bodywork the area ,...this a $20k paint job so you do what's necessary
And once a relief cut is made it basically drops on its own,..it's contoured,..ie under pressure if you remove material ie pressure it will and did drop on its own
So if the deck is too high,...and I've only done this twice,..you can lower the trunk lid mounting area,...Time consuming but,...lowering the actual hinge assembly is another way but also a pain in the ass
So you are saying, where the trunk hinge mounts to the trunk itself needs to be separated and inset a bit? Zoiks that does sound like work.
Nick had to do this to make the reproduction 70 Chevelle convertible rear quarters fit my original doors and trunk lid. He had to cut the qtrs at the top edges where they meet the doors & at the bottom where the qtr panel meets the bottom of the trunk lid. He cut them, then welded them back up to create the correct door gaps. Duane
The amount of surgery I had to do to the AMD quarter for this chevelle was ridiculous,...not even close to being where it needed to be on the back
