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DoughertyAMX
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Thanks. Your post makes me feel a little better! I am still thinking it needs rear quarters and maybe a better right front fender? There is some rust around the wheel wells on the rear quarters, just hard to see in the pics.
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Dan390
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MOST people don't see bodywork properly, or understand what really goes into proper repair and bodywork, and then once a car is stripped they are shocked at how much worse it is than they thought, so don't be hard on yourself, this is a very common thing unfortunately.
Yours is not bad at all, I am a bit of a perfectionist so I personally would probably replace the lower quarters or if you have recently hit the lottery and have amazing parts sources I'd replace the whole quarters...but you can make due with lower patch panels easy enough. I'm assuming they were rusted out based on the amount of filler, even if they put a patch in there previously it might also be rusting now, that's common too with older bodywork. The thing you should be happy with, is you are doing it right, stripped it down and now you really know what you have and can get it fixed properly, THAT'S what will make a long lasting, great car for you to enjoy!
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DoughertyAMX
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Dan,
Appreciate the vote of confidence and your comments! Doug
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348AMX
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Also it looks like this is just the normal body work that would have been done on a repaint with some rust and dents, and the fact that the fenders are original(factory braze at rockers is still there) hood is original etc etc means that the car was probably never in an accident or hit hard. If it were doors hoods and fenders would have been replaced with NOS or non rusted or dented replacements and the filler would'nt be there most likely. All the major body lines are going to be original which is a big plus.
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bigbadgreen
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If you need one I have a passenger fender I'd donate.
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DoughertyAMX
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Thanks Earl, just sent you a PM.
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1970390amx
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Looks good to me. The fender is an easy fix. Most AMXs and javelins have rust in the rear quarters so I wold have expected some damage there. The only concern I would have is the filler in the right quarter in front of the wheel. How bad is the damage under it. My cars right quarter had been side swiped, so so fixed and then rusted when I started on it
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1970 390 4speed Bittersweet shadow mask AMX
1970 Amx missing most everything, or in a box |
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DoughertyAMX
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Also found frame rot at front, where frame turns up into engine bay....................not sure how bad that is until we cut into it but as is the usual, the deeper we go, finding more work/money is needed!
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DoughertyAMX
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Went down to Reisinger's this morning and took new quarter panels down. They have most of the bondo out that was left after soda blasting. Not sure what happened to the top of the right front fender..............
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DoughertyAMX
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