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The hammer and dolly stretch worked like it should have. And of course the patch panels became available shortly after I had paint on it. Now I'm dealing with another rusted through area at the base of my A pillar

The paint and body work are absolutely spectacular! Doing that restoration in your garage and achieving the results you have should make the majority of 'professional' body shops hang their heads in shame. I've been following this with awe and was sorry to hear about the engine but doubt that...

Looks phenomenal! Very encouraging and inspiring that you can accomplish that quality of paint and body in your garage. I've tackled some minor body work before and it's come out well but this is at another level altogether. I have been looking at spray guns because of your efforts. Thanks for...

So turns out the area was actually shrunk too much, I made a horizontal cut on top of my previous weld and the area above came right back where it needed to. Then before I realized the error of my ways, I tacked it back together in a couple of places and immediately quenched my welds and it...

Thanks, I'm not on FB but my wife is. I will definitely check that out. A question while I'm on here, this might not be the right place to post this but hopefully somebody will steer me in the right direction if it's not. I was just poking around in the trunk of my Buick and on the drivers...

Thanks. I live in Drayton Valley now but used to live in Calgary and my son goes to university there Favorite city on earth

Now that is some good advice all around, especially the panel bond and shrinking tip information. I knew from past experience of the expansion issue, I just never guessed such a small patch would be an issue. So, by the way I'm thinking, the area that needs to b shrunk is just above and maybe in...

BTW, its an 87 Regal that I've been trying to find a donor quarter for since I bought it last June and have been waiting for the patch panels to be available but decided to build my own for the short term so I can drive it next summer without hanging my head in shame. Hopefully by next winter I...

I welded in a small patch on the bottom of the quarter and am planning on building a patch for th area right in front of the wheel opening but I believe I may have gotten a little impatient. I did not leave an expansion gap at the top of the patch when i began welding which may have caused my...

Discovered this site a few months ago and love it. I'm a heavy duty and automotive mechanic and have owned and loved g bodies of all types for a long time now. Bought my favorite of all time last summer tho. A 99% original 87 Buick regal limited 't'. I am in the process of doing some minor rust...

Try spraying brake clean on a rag and test it in an inconspicuous area first