AMC Diplomat
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You could always cut it all out, use loctite spray foam as a filler, cut/shave the foam down after it dries and then spray the foam with bedliner. I've done this on cars I don't care about and it's lasted for years
Project Bulldog. (1988 Diplomat AHB)
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SonOfaTomP
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Was more thinking of fiber glass and body filler. but to just fill up that big hole, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. also thinking i could cut up a junkyard Fifth or that parts 83, and have someone weld it to this car. though it honestly isn't that bad, just intimidating. i can see me taking that wheel well trim off and it taking half the fender with it
AMC Diplomat
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You can fill the opening with foam, shave it down, and then short strand fiberglass over that. But painted foam that's cut and shaved down and then painted just looks like a dirty car and nobody will notice
SonOfaTomP
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bed liner is a good idea. will probably do that for the inner fender. while i'm at it i might as well fluid film the rest of the underside. My father used to daily this car everyday and rarely had time wash it. we're lucky the frame is still solid.
got the windshield replaced at Safelite.... they broke the replacement.... thank goodness for warranties,
got the windshield replaced at Safelite.... they broke the replacement.... thank goodness for warranties,
SonOfaTomP
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thought about it and should have got the ones off this Fifth in York. but this thing was so gross i didn't even like being near it. someone got it's motor, lucky them. body decent but i didn't have the right tools on me at the time. crushed now. looking at yards in the general area and the Fifths that are available are hours away. still mad, that wheel well trim just would not come off! there is a promising one over on the eastern shore. might have the red seats i want. i hate it when yards don't post pictures. hate to drive 3 hours and it ain't what i'm looking for. i guess that's just part of the game.
got a defogger switch off this thing btw if anyone wants it. kinda rusty but i can check if it still works. also got chrome pedal covers off this. this car was disgusting, i should have brought a mask. looked like it's been sitting in the woods for 20 years
these things easy to Sawzall? might be able to borrow work's. I'd hate to break their blade/have that blade hit me in the face.
Everything is easy with a sawzall. Probably one of the few tools that actually lives up to its name. Used a single blade last year to section an entire truck bed into quarters. Just wear gloves and safety glasses. Be sure to take more than you need so the bumpshop has a margin of error.
Mikes5thAve
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Yes Sawzall it off should be pretty easy. I like the Miluake Torch blades for cutting metal like that. Cut up some truck cab corners a few weeks ago, the panels you need are a lot easier but you might want to get the inner and outer panels together.
The plus side is those lower quarter panels are straight and anyone who's into body work at all can bend up new ones pretty easily. Mine weren't as bad as yours but were redone years ago on my 88.
The plus side is those lower quarter panels are straight and anyone who's into body work at all can bend up new ones pretty easily. Mine weren't as bad as yours but were redone years ago on my 88.
AMC Diplomat
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Do it!
If the steel in the quarters is anything like the steel in the doors, you could probably cold chisel it out.
SonOfaTomP
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will the fenders come off without taking off the header panel?
AMC Diplomat
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The front fenders are attached to the header panel with those annoying studs. The rear quarters have to be cut off.
