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I decided to tie my quarter skins in up at the top of the quarter.

Been thinking about it for a while, actually everytime I'm blending out a side weld seam with the body filler & sander I think "damn, should have tried it up top."

So, I ground the edge of the top corner until it was thin, then bent the unwanted tab down so I had at least a 90 degree outside corner to grind on.

Then I pealed it off.






Cleaned the edge and flanged for a slight overlay.





This is how the trimmed quarter skin fits on that flanged edge.



Couple of tack welds up top.

I actually used an old junk screw driver as a pull handle, cold tacked it to the original panel next to the seam and pulled upwards before burning each tack. Then cracked the screwdriver tack loose and moved on. It was barely enough of a tack to pull about 8 pounds of force without letting go.



Trouble down here at the bottom corner of the door.

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I used the knurled handle of this pickle fork as a bump dolly to roll this corner out a little deeper with a hammer.

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Clamped at the rocker, welding it up.

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