I have removed the bottom have of my quarters on my 70 supreme and I also took out the outer wheel houses. I have full replacement quarters but, was thinking that the entire quarter is not bad, it only needs the bottom halfs. What are the do's and don'ts of reapiring quarters???? Some shops say replace the entire quarter, some say they can cut the quarters to match and seam them, any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks.

 

Depends on how good a welder you are. Butt welding a patch into the middle of a relatively flat panel is not easy to do well. Welding a full OEM-style quarter at the factory seams will by far result in a better product and will probably cost less overall due to less finish work being required. I've seen too many cars where the weld line from a patch panel showed up once the car was parked in the sun and the metal expanded.

 

Thanks for the response, I do have a very nice set of oem quarters they were just cut in a couple place a little funky nothing a few patches couldn't handle.

 

My opinion, sorta differs from Joe's. With how badly many aftermarket parts fit, my personal (does not mean correct), but definitely my experience is that using as much of the orginal car ALWAYS cuts down on fitment issues. With aftermarket parts...let the hassels begin. For the record, Joe is right on 99.999999999% of everything he posts, so you're gonna have to trust me on this one and take a brave step

 

Sort of like the shops I have been going to, some say its less body work with full quarters and some say put a flange into the orginal part of the car thats left cut the new to size and there going to tack it every inch or so. from what I gather the real work areas are around the door jam and the pillar area everything else seems pretty straight foward. I will try and get a pic up of my work thus far and maybe it will help to come to a unified decision on how I should proceed.

 

Street signs and wood screws work great on flat or slightly curved areas.
For holes, I recommend tinfoil and great stuff.