Grrrrrr! More issues!!

Rust crept up into the upper dash panel...bummer!

Passenger side outer wheelhouse damage

Passenger side inner wheelhouse pushed in slightly

Passenger side outer wheelhouse damage by quarter glass

Smog parts

I finally got some time to do a little more digging into the condition of the body. Windshield is out and rust is not looking any better. The upper dash panel will need repair also.

So when I bought the car, I knew it had been in an wreck that took out the passenger side. Whoever repaired it put on a factory fender and full quarter and a salvaged complete door. I was aware that the outer wheelhouse was damaged because they didn't do anything to really fix it properly when the quarter was off. When I got the package tray and rear seat out, I noticed that the inner wheelhouse was push inward slightly. Not a happy camper!

Although I haven't totaly abandoned fixing this body, it's starting to look like it would be wiser to cut the cowl off and use the yellow donor rear clip to do the best repair. I hate that idea because the car gets to be less and less of the original. I think I need to keep in mind it's about saving the car but I need to draw a line somewhere.

On a happier note, I did purchase most of the smog parts which were long gone. All of it needs restoration but it's a start.

I have a junk Caprice body here so I think I'm going to look into how well I can seperate it from the rockers so as to use that as a point to splice the cowl to the donor clip. It will take some time but will be a good experiment before I go cutting up the original. Stay tuned!

Steve