Jay and Ulix,
Having just gone through this process, let me state my opinion. You
cannot seperate the rear deck and rear fender AND remove the beading
without destroying either the wing or the deck. Of course, given the
choice, you would make a cut about 2- 3 inches on the wing side of the
beading and throw away the wing. Then you drill out the spot welds and
start again. Porter's restoration book has good photos of the process.
Just my opinion based on the fact that Jat siad he wanted to do it once
and do it right.
Daniel T.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ulix Goettsch [SMTP:ulix@u.washington.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 8:05 PM
> To: Jay Bourgraf
> Cc: Spridgets
> Subject: Re: Quarter Panel Beading
>
> Jay,
> Noone else has answered this yet, so I'll say something.
> I have seen some very elaborate restorations where the beading was
> removed
> with an air chisel, the area sandblasted and chemically treated and
> just
> the top of the "T" brazed back on. There must be agood reason for
> doing
> this.
> I don't know, but it may be hard to get the rear fenders off without
> damaging them.
> Ulix
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