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filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters #1864573
07/05/15 09:13 PM
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Has anyone 'filled' the gap inside the trunk between the sides of the trunk pan and the quarter panels? Its a hard area to keep clean and free of moisture.

Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: Adam71Charger] #1864726
07/05/15 11:23 PM
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Its a hard area to keep clean


Who can tell if its dirty ?!?!?!?

Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: Adam71Charger] #1864739
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ive seen them filled with body filler on top of chicken wire and newspaper....

Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: DamDodge] #1864877
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My personal opinion - I would not do it. Filling them in is asking for a place for moisture to collect with no way to escape. My 68 GTX that I had was filled in and it caused the lower quarter and trunk extension to rust out...which by the way was the only rust on the car and it was due to that gap being filled.


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Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: wesgtx440] #1864886
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Originally Posted By wesgtx440
My personal opinion - I would not do it. Filling them in is asking for a place for moisture to collect with no way to escape. My 68 GTX that I had was filled in and it caused the lower quarter and trunk extension to rust out...which by the way was the only rust on the car and it was due to that gap being filled.
I agree Filling it inn would be a mistake. It needs to breathe in there.

Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: Adam71Charger] #1864912
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X3 I saw a '69 Charger that had that gap filled with aerosol expanding foam. Quarter looked great on the face, trunk extension had almost completely rusted away on the bottom.


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Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: 6PakBee] #1864964
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Just spray in there with something that displaces moisture - like WD40 or Rustcheck. Wipe away the excess and let it do its thing. If you're concerned about existing rust, fill the whole void with something like Evaporust for a day or so then drain it, let it dry and then spray it.

Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: Adam71Charger] #1864974
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Google a product called "transtar amber rustproofing" #4423.

It comes in spray cans and available with an optional multi-directional spray tube, such as the kind use in undercoating. I use it everywhere painting can't get to. It even seeps into cracks between two pieces of sheet metal welded face to face.

3M makes a similar product, but I don't have the info on theirs.

Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: Hooligan] #1865031
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The early B-Bodies (like the '64 Polara) had extensions made of something like Masonite that filled the gap and kept stuff from filling the gap, yet let it breathe. I got some replacements from www.kanter.com and they probably could be made to work for you.


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Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: keith airgrabber] #1865157
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Originally Posted By keith airgrabber
Originally Posted By wesgtx440
My personal opinion - I would not do it. Filling them in is asking for a place for moisture to collect with no way to escape. My 68 GTX that I had was filled in and it caused the lower quarter and trunk extension to rust out...which by the way was the only rust on the car and it was due to that gap being filled.
I agree Filling it inn would be a mistake. It needs to breathe in there.
First thing I thought too. I just keep my vacuumed out so no dirt is in there collecting moisture.


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Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: larrymopar360] #1865431
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Its a great place to find factory hardware on unmolested cars.

Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: Adam71Charger] #1865572
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When I had my 72 Duster many years ago,I think I just blew it out with compressed air and dumped some oil or WD-40 down the sides to "Stop" the rust.... work


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Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: Adam71Charger] #1865613
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One of (the many) Mopars we had had a cardboard filler that fit in between the truck floor & outer quarter. Then there was a trunk mat that laid over top of that. Might have been the 69 Chrysler New Port. Gene

Re: filling gap between inside trunk floor and inside quarters [Re: poorboy] #1865629
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Originally Posted By poorboy
One of (the many) Mopars we had had a cardboard filler that fit in between the truck floor & outer quarter. Then there was a trunk mat that laid over top of that. Might have been the 69 Chrysler New Port. Gene


My 68 Imperial had that. Kept it clean.


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