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Old 07-03-2018, 12:30 AM
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Sorry for being a little lax on the updates lately. I condensed the pictures and the work I've performed as much as I can for this post.

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I've set the window mock up as a mirror image for the driver's side.

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The driver's side roof rail fabricated and in position. As I mentioned, I had to fabricate it twice since I built the first one with a twist and warp into it that I couldn't fix.

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Both roof rails set into position.

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The quarter glass structure fabricated and finished as well.

Here I'm roughly setting the rear window opening into position to check how much I need to widen it.

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Here I've widened the rear window opening 3 1/8".

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Here you can see the original trunk opening location and how much I moved the rear window in relation to the quarter panels.

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Cutting away the original trunk opening.

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This shows the original outer skin, an inner structure for the jamb and the weather strip edge.

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Here I'm fabricating the inner structure edge for the jamb.

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Here I've fabricated the outer skin as well as the trunk jamb

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I've plug welded the inner structure to the outer skin

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I then TIG welded the assembly into position.

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Initial grind, planishing and metal work completed

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Here you can see how much the rear window was moved forward compared to the decklid.

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Completing the same work for the passenger side.

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Passenger side clamped into position ready to weld.

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Passenger side welded into position and roughly metal finished.

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Both sides complete.

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One last view straight from the rear.
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