heres my nightmare i detailed in another thread here:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=631205
Cheap crap patch panels..
I cut out the rusty part back to good metal. First time cutting anything major.
I started by cutting the fold to get a feel for how deep it was and what it takes to cut it.
not bad so I moved on to cutting out the rust.
ok its not so bad. lot of sparks on my legs. i can handle it.
hey look it came away from the support.
forgot to get pics of me cutting out the spot welds at the pinch on the bottom. but I just held the cutoff wheel on it and went back and forth until I could pry the piece away.
Went to the truck shop and got a patch panel. Not sure Im impressed.
the depth at the bottom seems bigger.
There is no hole for the inner fender.
There is no dip/body line whatever in the edge.
Pretty sure I got the right part
the guy at the store was pretty nice. I couldnt quite see how Im going to fold over the edge on the new one and he whipped out the ancient brown assembly manual and thumbed through (no index as you know) until he found it and said to just bang it down into place.
so since Ill never get the wheel side of the patch to match the lines of the fender Im thinking about just cutting what I need from the patch. Something like this
